After Zhang Yifei celebrated a few words with the crew members, he came to Kossel and said with a smug look on his face: "Kossel, aren't you going to say a few words?" ”

"Good run."

"Cold enough."

Zhang Yifei almost couldn't help but give Korsell a middle finger, which was too perfunctory.

But Caser didn't care about Zhang Yifei's thoughts at all, and walked directly to the garage.

After the practice session, the car will also have a maintenance to ensure that it will be in good condition for tomorrow's race.

This time, however, Kossel first asked the technical team to hoist the car and check the wear and tear of the car's chassis.

As the car was raised, it was clear that the wooden block fixed on the chassis was very worn. The tungsten nails on it have been ground in half, and even the low point of the racing suspension has traces of friction.

At the end of each race, the organizing committee will check the degree of chassis wear and tear, and if the limit is exceeded, even cancel the points for that race.

Zhang Yifei's degree of wear means that he often uses extreme angles to corner, even the lowest chassis tuning, can not stop the centrifugal force caused by cornering, and finally grinds to the wooden board in the center of the chassis.

In addition, there is another point, that is, this level of wear, maybe Zhang Yifei is not only cornering or braking sharply, but also constantly borrowing the shoulder factor that is higher than the track, otherwise it would not be so serious.

"Fly, the degree of wear and tear of the wooden blocks is a bit high, the qualifying race can be held, and the 71-lap race will definitely exceed the rule limit."

After the chief technician Charlie saw this scene, he opened his mouth to remind Zhang Yifei.

The time and schedule of the points race are much longer than the qualifying race, according to this level of wear, Zhang Yifei basically didn't want to pass when he tested after the game.

"Fly, before tomorrow's race, the number of times you borrow the shoulder to turn a corner should be planned and find a way to reduce it."

Korsell just added lightly and didn't say anything, because he could understand very well that in order to compete for pole position in qualifying, Zhang Yifei must have gone all out and tried his best to walk the line as extremely.

Because Prost's performance is inherently weaker than its rivals, if you don't run the fastest speed in the corners, then why can you be faster than others?

This is not Zhang Yifei's reason and mistake, but a realistic helpless choice.

"Well, I see."

Zhang Yifei nodded, just like the team wants to formulate a competition strategy, it seems that this time he will also find a way to seize the time and work out a detailed track routing plan to reduce the wear and tear on the racing chassis, at least in line with the event standards.

After looking at the all-important chassis wear, Charlie focused on checking the brake system.

In fact, from the perspective of wear and tear alone, the loss is not large. Because the hardness of F1 brake pads is very high, it is difficult to wear out the brake pads in a race like tires.

Compared with wear and tear, what should be more worried on the track is the temperature and heat dissipation. Because F1 regulations do not allow the use of any liquid active cooling brakes, the only way to reduce the heat is up to 1,200 degrees Celsius by air cooling.

Natural air intake alone is certainly not enough, F1 engineers have designed a forced air intake cooling system that can maintain the temperature of brake discs and brake pads at around 400 degrees Celsius.

However, this forced air intake cooling system is a component with a relatively high failure rate, and in many cases, even if there is no failure, it may slow down after sudden braking, resulting in insufficient air intake.

During the practice session just now, Zhang Yifei's brake system sensor briefly appeared a high temperature alarm. Because the time was not long and the temperature was within the limit range, the team did not notify Zhang Yifei to prevent it from affecting his racing state.

If the heat is extended a little longer, it may ignite the tires and disappear from the other cars. It's not a matter of game form, it's a matter of withdrawing from the game.

In addition to the two mitigations that focus on the A1 track, the rest is the regular engine, gearbox and so on. So at this time, Ah Hu also leaned over, stood beside Zhang Yifei and muttered: "The F1 car is so high-tech, I don't know what the Segan wood is for, and it is not wear-resistant at all." ”

"If you put a metal bar, how can there be so many things?"

Hearing this muttering, Zhang Yifei couldn't cry or laugh, what did this kid think?

"Plugging wood is to facilitate the inspection of wear, if the metal is not polished, then what is the point of the minimum chassis limit? In addition, how heavy is the wear-resistant metal, and how heavy is the wood, don't you kid consider the impact of weight on the car? ”

Weight can be decisive in F1 results, with many times the fastest lap coming at the end of the race.

This is because the car runs out of fuel when you run to the back, the wear and tear of the outer layer of the tires, and the evaporation of sweat from the driver's body, all of which add up to make the car much lighter than it was at the beginning.

In the previous practice session, Zhang Yifei chose to start his lap sprint with 15% fuel remaining. The fastest lap was with five percent of fuel remaining.

Of course, this is not to say that the speed will necessarily be faster the end of the race, and this also takes into account the degree of wear and tear of the tyres.

When the tire temperature comes up and wears out half, it is at the peak of the balance point between weight and grip, and as the wear and tear becomes more serious, the grip begins to decline, even if the weight of the car is light, it does not dare to speed up crazily, and then it is not the fastest lap, but the track!

"Hey Brother Fei, I understand the reason, don't I just talk about it casually."

Ah Hu has been in the professional team for a year, and he actually understands these basic things in his heart, just a few words.

Zhang Yifei also smiled when he heard it, patted Ah Hu's head and returned to the backstage lounge.

When the high tension and concentration are relaxed, they are replaced by a kind of after-party exhaustion.

In the lounge, Alessi was already sitting inside, and when he saw Zhang Yifei coming in, he nodded towards him, which was regarded as a greeting.

The scene just now is a glorious moment for Zhang Yifei, Alessi also took pole position when he was young, and understands how excited and excited this moment is for a rookie driver, and can enjoy everyone's cheers and applause.

So Alessie didn't bother in the past, and even saw this scene in her heart, and there was a little jealousy.

After all, the Chinese kid was still so young that he won his first pole position title, and it was his first race after returning to the track. Looking back on his rookie season, the gap with the current Zhang Yifei is so direct, it is really terrifying.

Zhang Yifei also waved his hand towards Alaisi, and then sat aside, neither of them spoke, and the lounge was still quiet as always.

Zhang Yifei is also very accustomed to this situation, and he does not have the embarrassment of silence at the beginning.

"Was the chassis of the car badly worn?"

Zhang Yifei thought that he would be silent as usual, but he didn't expect Alessi to suddenly ask.

Because when Charlie was inspecting the wear and tear of the racing car's chassis, he actually heard it next to him, but he didn't speak at the time.

"Well, there's no way, if you want to run faster, you can only go to the extreme."

"In fact, you can avoid a lot of unnecessary wear and tear, for example, in the Remus bend, don't overwhelm the fifth black and white checkered buffer band in the corner, so that you can't hang the chassis wooden strip."

"What?"

When Zhang Yifei heard Alessi's words, he suddenly started to do it seriously, because this kind of thing is not in the track data and data, and there is no information about any team.

Alessi didn't care about Zhang Yifei's surprise, but continued: "The Voest-Hugel full speed corner on the track is better not to borrow the shoulder, because the full speed of that corner is more than 270 km/h, and the instantaneous wear and tear on the chassis is very amazing. ”

"There is also the 800-meter-long straight road in front of Bosch Bend, and it is best to brake sharply when there are still 70 meters from the corner, and you must find this point accurately, because there is a pit with a slight lower limit of a few millimeters, and the inertia forward tilt brought by the brakes of the car at this time cannot wear out the wooden block in the middle of the chassis."

"As long as you keep these three points in mind, you can reduce the chassis wear caused by the pursuit of speed to the maximum speed limit, and you can also pass the post-race inspection."

Alesi's words, Zhang Yifei was simply dumbfounded, in the past three months, he thought that his understanding of the Austrian A1 track was exhaustive, and he almost didn't eat the track information!

But these things, he really doesn't know! Not only is there no information on it, but even the bosses Prost and Kosell don't know!

"How do you know?"

Zhang Yifei asked in surprise, he was really a little surprised.

Hum!

Alessi snorted disdainfully.

"I've been running in F1 for more than 10 years, and even if my results are not good, at least I still have some experience."

"I know you're surprised why it's not on the track, and neither Kossel nor Prost know. The reason is simple, that is, the track data is more big data than personal habits. ”

"As for Prost and Cosell, because in 1997 the A1 circuit was rebuilt, and the length of the track was shortened from 5.941 kilometers to 4.326 kilometers now, and even the length is different, do you think their experience will still apply?"

After hearing this sentence, the expression on Zhang Yifei's face changed from surprise to ecstasy, and sure enough, "There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure".

I was still making a painful decision just now, and if I changed the line, the speed would inevitably slow down, and the race would become uncompetitive.

Alessi's way, I don't know if it's the best at the moment, but at least offers a workaround without slowing down.

Using the worst racing car to challenge the strongest driver is doomed in itself, Zhang Yifei has no capital to waste!