"Fly, what's going on!"

Now it's the turn of the Prost team to experience the feeling of heaven to hell, and everyone didn't expect that in this seemingly temporarily stable situation, Zhang Yifei would be overtaken by Schumacher!

Even Cosell, who has always been extremely calm, yelled at Zhang Yifei for the first time at this moment.

An ominous premonition began to loom over the heads of the Prost crew, could it be that the scene of the Brazilian Grand Prix was about to be repeated?

"The gearbox is out of gear!"

Zhang Yifei also replied in a more anxious tone, it was not his operation mistake just now, nor was he careless or distracted. But in the process of shifting gears, he found that the gear was not what he needed, and the gearshift logic of the gearbox was chaotic, and he was directly out of gear!

To put it simply, Zhang Yifei wanted 4th gear, and after pressing the paddle a few times, the gear was in 3rd or 5th gear. This kind of gear mismatch, even if it is placed on an ordinary civilian manual transmission, is a very serious problem, let alone at the level of F1.

It's still the old saying before, in the game against Schumacher, you can't tolerate any mistakes, you must ensure 100% perfection and 12% performance!

Scramble?

Hearing this word, the crew members instantly understood what it was all about.

Because of its characteristics, the Austrian A1 track will frequently switch between high and low speed, in addition to the brake system will have a lot of pressure, in fact, there is a racing part, which is also subject to great risk, this racing part is the gearbox!

The seven-speed gearbox of the F1 car, although the shifting efficiency is amazing, and it can withstand the huge impact of engine torque, but in fact it is not a very stable component, and the probability of failure is not low.

It's just that compared to the engine and suspension problems, the transmission failure is relatively rare, so the degree of attention is ranked in the back position.

The most classic gearbox accident in history is estimated to be that Schumacher could not change gears in Spain in 94, and as a result, he used 5 gears to beat the world, ran the whole distance and won the runner-up in the sub-station.

Zhang Yifei's current car failure is not a gear jam, but a large number of gear jumps in the process of rapid acceleration and rapid deceleration. For example, 7th gear instantly descends to 2nd gear to corner, and after cornering, it continuously upshifts, which eventually leads to confusion in the logic of the gearbox, and the gear is also chaotic.

"And can you still control it now?"

"Barely possible, but not able to catch up with Schumacher."

Zhang Yifei gritted his teeth and gave an answer, he is now equivalent to facing an unknown gear, and he needs to use more gear shifting steps to adjust to the gear he needs.

Not to mention the time wasted in finding the right gear in this process, the speed is also slowed down. Not being able to catch up with Schumacher is already a euphemism for Zhang Yifei, but the reality is that if the problem is not solved, he will soon be caught up by Montoya in the back.

Hearing Zhang Yifei's answer, Corer glanced at the location of the track where Zhang Yifei was located, and found that there was the entrance to the maintenance passage just in front of him, which could be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

"Fly, prepare to pit stop!"

"The maintenance team, change the tires and refuel in the fastest time, and reset the gearbox gearing logic!"

In the history of Formula 1, Williams' black technology cars are far ahead, leading the FIA to ban many electronic assistance functions, making Formula 1 driving control more pure.

However, some electronic systems remain unchanged, such as electronic sequential transmissions.

Limited by the space constraints of the cockpit of the F1 car, many components must be highly integrated, like a rally car to engage in a mechanical sequential gearbox, relying on the driver to use the gear lever to change gears, obviously unrealistic, not even a gear lever space.

Therefore, the shift mechanism of the F1 car has always been a paddle shift, and the gear change is controlled through the driving computer, rather than relying on manual push of the gear lever to shift.

This kind of malfunction has the chance to recover by resetting the gear logic. However, if the planetary gear or the rotating ratchet barrel fails, it is over, and the entire gearbox needs to be disassembled for repair, and it is impossible to have time to wait for the withdrawal.

The maintenance technician heard Koser's command and ran to the maintenance parking space as fast as he could. You must know that according to the original one-stop tactic, Zhang Yifei made a pit stop in the range of the first lap, and now it is at least five laps ahead of schedule!

In the face of this grim situation, the chief technician Charlie roared: "Cheer up, young man, now the time has come to test us, we must use the fastest speed to solve the problem of flying cars, understand?" ”

"Roger!"

All the members of the crew responded loudly to Charlie and cheered for themselves.

Now it's not Zhang Yifei fighting alone on the track, but the entire crew fighting!

"Very good, for the sake of the team, for the sake of flying, today will definitely be the victory day of the Prost team!"

"For the team, for Prost!"

"To fly, to win!"

Charlie is constantly mobilizing, and at the same time, the maintenance technicians are constantly cheering themselves, they know that the more this moment, the more they will test the performance of the crew members, and they are the last line of defense of the Prost team!

"Why? What happened on the track that Fei was easily overtaken by Schumacher? ”

"You must know that Schumacher's strong attack before, Fei relied on tenacious defense to block it, this time Schumacher did not use the limit overtaking, just a very conventional line, and actually overtook the fly!"

"In my opinion, this scene is not like Schumacher overtaking Fei, but more like Fei himself actively slowing down and letting Schumacher pass. This is really a bit illogical, is Fei already confident enough to let Schumacher pass, and think that he can also overtake him back? ”

The failure of the gearbox is not as obvious as the suspension or the engine. If the engine has a serious cylinder burst accident, you can directly see a puff of white smoke coming out of the car, and it is difficult not to pay attention.

Zhang Yifei is just out of gear with the gearbox, and it has not yet reached the point of losing power, so in the eyes of the commentator, he can only see that his speed suddenly slowed down, giving Schumacher an easy overtake.

In addition, Zhang Yifei quickly understood that it was a disordered gear, and frantically accelerated the shift speed to make up for it, and the speed did not slow down significantly, so the commentary didn't understand what happened at all.

"I believe that Fly should not underestimate Schumacher, or be blindly confident in himself. Perhaps the young Chinese driver made a small mistake under heavy pressure and allowed Schumacher to seize the opportunity. ”

"I think it's understandable because Fei is only a rookie in the season and overall he's done well enough."

Bazel helped Zhang Yifei explain, he didn't think it was a surprise and accident, he was overtaken by Schumacher, isn't it a normal picture?

The audience in the stands saw that Zhang Yifei was inexplicably overtaken by Schumacher, and at this moment it was also a state of confusion, which came a little too suddenly. In the last second, they were still waiting for Kimi and Ralph to have a boxing fight on the grass!

"How did Fei get overtaken by Schumacher just now, did anyone see it?"

"I saw it, but I usually passed by the side, and the speed of the flight seemed to be suddenly slower, and I didn't do anything to resist."

"The Chinese kid was tough for half the game, and he just wilted like this?"

"Who knows, maybe this is the difference in strength, and you can only carry Schumacher in the half."

Zhang Yifei's fans and supporters were stunned for a longer time, they didn't expect that the situation would be reversed at such a time.

"No, how could Yifei be overtaken so easily?"

"I don't want to believe that the scene in front of me is real, I was overtaken by Schumacher, can I still have a chance to come back?"

"Just look at the situation, it's too difficult to overtake Schumacher, and there is no advantage in all aspects."

"What are you talking about? The game is not over yet, Schumacher can surpass, can't Zhang Yifei come back? ”

"Fei, you are the strongest driver in China, you can surpass Schumacher once in the Brazilian Grand Prix, and you can surpass it a second time today!"

"That's right, there's only the first time you can talk about everything, and I'm sure you can!"

"Come on, Zhang Yifei, you won't let us down!"

The Chinese audience on the track, and even some European fans, were crazy to cheer for Zhang Yifei. The more at this time, the more you can't lose confidence in Zhang Yifei, if you don't even trust Zhang Yifei, then there will be no supporters behind Zhang Yifei in the entire audience!

"Fly into the pit! It doesn't seem that he was confident or made a mistake, but that the car was out of order, otherwise according to the one-stop tactic, he would not have made a pit stop so early. ”

"I apologize for my previous remarks, Fei still did his best! Hopefully this failure won't affect Fei's performance, and I'm looking forward to seeing him fight Schumacher again! ”

When Blundell saw Zhang fly into the pit stop, he instantly understood that it was a car malfunction, and at the same time apologized for his previous guess.

On the other side, after making a pit stop, Zhang Yifei was instantly surrounded by the team technicians, and routine operations such as changing tires and refueling were still carried out in an orderly manner.

Even if everyone is under great pressure now, the crew members did not have any panic, not only did Zhang Yifei have no capital of mistakes, but they also did not have it.

However, compared to the regular pit stop operation, this time there is also the design director Ole, who uses a laptop to connect to the car's control computer to reset the transmission logic.

If there is no way to solve the problem of chaotic gears in this way, the next schedule will be difficult, Zhang Yifei will either retire, or he will endlessly face the chaotic gears, and then flip the paddle shifters over and over again, if you touch the prize to see when the correct gear will appear.

In this state, it is definitely impossible for Zhang Yifei to maintain his speed, and he may fall behind step by step.

The precedent of the Brazilian Grand Prix has cast a shadow on the crew at the moment, is it true that God has given up on the Prost team?

But at this time, Cossel, who had only been monitored in room P in the past, walked out and stood next to Zhang Yifei's car.

In an unquestionable tone, he said: "Schumacher is right in front of you, can you catch up and overtake him!" ”

Suddenly faced with this problem, which disrupted Zhang Yifei's mind about the worry about gearbox failure, he almost instinctively replied: "Yes!" ”

"Remember what you said, this game, I want to see you surpass Schumacher again!"

Kossel replied categorically, and then walked into the pits without looking back.

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