"Is three days enough?"

Smith asked rhetorically, and he, like Schumacher before him, thought that Zhang Yifei had agreed to this game with a sense of anger and revenge, and had not yet realized the importance of victory.

"Don't worry, I've already started to prepare, three days is enough!"

Zhang Yifei replied with certainty, if you can't win in three days, there is no point in giving one or two more days.

"Okay, I'll negotiate with the U.S. side according to your requirements, and if you have other needs, you can notify the team to contact us."

"Okay."

After speaking, Smith stood up, stretched out his hand to Zhang Yifei again and said: "I hope you can win for F1 and prove that we are the strongest formula racing and drivers in the world!" ”

"I'm the strongest."

Zhang Yifei omitted the previous qualifiers before, and only used himself.

Hearing Zhang Yifei's words, the expression on Smith's face was complicated, surprised and as if expected.

It can only be said that this Chinese driver, at least in terms of confidence, is really full of confidence.

Shortly after the departure of the F1 management company, the FIA Arbitration Committee also arrived at the Teams' pit pits.

Because the Race Arbitration Committee has accepted the Williams Racing team's complaint about the crash, it has come to inform the Prost team to accept the accident investigation and ruling.

However, unlike ordinary cases, the F1 accident investigation driver did not participate much, just briefly asked Zhang Yifei about the accident, and then let the team leader take care of the rest of the matter.

The next step is to compare the surveillance footage to determine who is responsible, and the arbitration will announce the results of the investigation and the final punishment.

In this crash, Zhang Yifei has little hope of completely exempting from responsibility, after all, the active crash in the end is too obvious to fool professional event arbitration. The bottom line of the Prost team is not to deprive the United States of the championship title and points, and everything else is within the acceptable range.

At the same time, Prost Racing also filed a counter-complaint with the race director, investigating and punishing Montoya's dangerous driving behavior at Turn 13 and post-race assault. In any case, in the current situation, it will be at least a few days before the results are known.

Even the FIA, in order to ensure the status of Zhang Yifei's local program, may choose to announce it after the end of the Indy 500 race.

After these two things were dealt with, the sky had already darkened, but at the moment the maintenance passage was a scene of brilliant lights. Because as the U.S. Grand Prix came to an end, the other teams began to pack their equipment and prepare for the second half of the night to get on the plane.

Zhang Yifei has changed into a regular suit and came to the team's maintenance room, where the crashed Prost JS53 car is being repaired intensively.

This time, although the JS53 car does not look like it was hit by the Brazilian Grand Prix, it is actually not easy to repair at all, because the main frame is seriously deformed, and if it is not corrected, the frame will be completely replaced.

The problem is that now the Prost team has no spare frames, and it is very difficult to repair unless the prototype frame of the R&D base is brought over.

In addition to repairing the crash damage, Charlie is leading a team of mechanics to find out the cause of the deformation of the front axle of the previous car.

Because this is no longer an accidental reason, it has become a big hidden danger that it has happened twice in a row in one event. There wasn't enough time before the race to completely disassemble it, and now with the frame breaking, the entire car will be dismantled down to parts levels, and no minor problems will be hidden!

"Charlie, how is the car now, can it be repaired?"

"It's hard to fix and you may need to completely replace the frame."

Charlie shook his head, the frame was too badly deformed to correct to its original shape. In the event of another collision, this will become a stress point and the rigidity will be greatly reduced.

In order to ensure the safety of the riders, it is best not to use this frame again, after all, there is a prototype frame at the headquarters, which can be used.

"But I probably found the real reason for the deviation."

"What is the reason?"

This time it was Zhang Yifei's turn to be curious, because he always thought that the deviation should not be a mechanical structure problem, but caused by tuning and control.

Hearing Zhang Yifei's question, Charlie picked up a front crossbar and axle head from the ground, and then pointed to the joint and said: "Because you have a more aggressive driving style and often ride on the shoulder of the road to cause impact on the front bearing, these are all vulnerable parts, which basically need to be replaced at every race." ”

"Well, and then what?"

"The parts that were replaced this time were not the spare parts from before, because they had already been used up. It is the team R&D center, the newly processed customized accessories, I found that there is a slight error in the accuracy after comparison. ”

"This error is usually difficult to find, even if you compare two new accessories, you can't see any difference. Only in the process of high-intensity competition, can the accuracy error be amplified, especially when it is subjected to suspension impact, which is more likely to cause parts to deform, so there will be deviation. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei understood that there was a problem with the machining accuracy of the latter batch of parts.

Formula 1 cars are not production cars and can be classified as hand-built, especially the components, which are custom-made by engineers one by one.

Therefore, it is not a strange thing that there is a problem with machining accuracy, and since the problem has been found, Zhang Yifei has no intention of blaming or complaining. After all, Zhang Yifei endured such a big pit in the Peugeot engine before, and now this is nothing!

"Since you have found the problem, it is good to negotiate with the headquarters to solve it, I believe in your ability."

Looking at Zhang Yifei's calm appearance, Charlie was very moved in his heart.

Although Fei does not have the impression of being low-key, forbearing, and moderate as the traditional Chinese, one day his characteristics have not changed, that is, generosity, peace, and kindness.

You must know that many drivers, even if they are not big names, are dissatisfied and complaining when they encounter insufficient performance or malfunctions of the car, and even directly throw their faces to the team's maintenance team.

And Zhang Yifei's car failure today almost cost him the United States Grand Prix championship, but Zhang Yifei was still calm and encouraged the maintenance team. This kind of bearing is really rare, let alone just an eighteen-year-old boy.

So it's not for nothing that Fei can get to where he is today, and he's going to be a great driver.

"It's just my speculation now, there may be other reasons, but I can assure you that this will never happen again!"

"Of course, we are the strongest team!"

This sentence also infected other maintenance technicians who were overhauling, and they also echoed: "That's right, we are the strongest team!" ”

When he returned to the hotel that night, Zhang Yifei did not relax his requirements because of the United States Grand Prix championship. He still went to the training room and did a simulation of the Indy Oval as if the afternoon victory didn't exist.

Zhang Yifei hadn't run two laps before Korsell walked in, handed him a copy of the document and said: "Although the elliptical track is simple, the simpler the thing, the more difficult it is to run better than others." It still has its own characteristics and routes, and this information is good to remember. ”

Since Korsell already knew about Zhang Yifei's sneaking practice of the elliptical track, there was no need to hide it, so he handed Zhang Yifei a copy of the information he had collected on the elliptical track.

There was no accident or politeness, Zhang Yifei opened this information, which was the four corner lines that Korcel emphasized.

Don't think that an elliptical track is just a foot on the accelerator to the end, and then stupidly hit the steering wheel to the left. There are four corners here, and there are important points to pay attention to, especially the first and fourth corners.

The first corner is the reverse of the No. 13 Grim Reaper, and with the change of layout, it is entered from between the spectator and the pit area, and the driver can only see the tire wall and the cement wall before entering the corner, and there is not enough career at all, relying on the familiarity of the track and absolute distance control confidence!

In the second and third corners behind, special attention should be paid to the influence of crosswinds in the inclination bend under the condition of extreme speed, which can easily cause the car to skid. Most IndyGround drivers rush out of corners, not because they are too fast or their tyres don't grip enough, but because they are blown off by crosswinds.

The final corner is narrow, resembling a bottle finish that gets tighter and tighter, with only one real lane and avoiding areas of tyre debris that affect grip.

This is the ultimate test of the driver's control of the distance, whether it is a manual or a dictionary width, it depends on the strength of the driver.

"I'll remember."

Zhang Yifei closed the information and replied affirmatively to Kossel, he remembered the F1 standard track, the Indy 500 layout, there is no problem!

"IndyCar should be delivered tomorrow, so rest early today."

From Cossel's mouth, he rarely said the words that made Zhang Yifei rest early.

Because Korsell knows how tired Zhang Yifei is during this time, and there is no champion in any sub-station, he will face a formula race with no less intensity than the main race.

And it is completely different types, Zhang Yifei is equivalent to starting from scratch to face the opponent's strong man.

Even though Korcel has always been more radical and extreme in thinking, he thinks that Zhang Yifei is already on the verge of the limit, and this Chinese kid is really too difficult.

"I see."

Zhang Yifei nodded, and then continued to devote himself to the training of the racing simulator, since there is new information to add, then it is even more important to seize the time to verify the line.

Looking at Zhang Yifei's actions, Cosell shook his head, he understood that this kid would not listen to his own words and rest.

Let's just go crazy this time, and let all the ridicule in the United States shut up!