416 Reduction Gear (Chapter 3)

It's not that enemies don't meet, Heidenfeld's hatred for Alessy is not light, and he thinks that his entire rookie season has been ruined by Alessi.

In the last stop in Australia, Heidfeld beat Alesi and finished fourth with three points, which can be described as the highlight of his life.

At the same time, he can be regarded as proving himself, so many retirements in the Prost team, it is not that his strength is poor, but that the Prost team is too bad, and the No. 1 driver, the French veteran Alessi, is too deceitful!

But at the Sepang circuit, the complex track environment and the numerous overtaking points on the track make a veteran like Alessi feel like a fish in water. Alesi didn't do well in qualifying, but he beat Heidfeld in the main race and was always ahead of him.

Heidenfeld tried to overtake a couple of times, but they were all perfectly blocked by Alessi. It's like Zhang Yifei and Montoya "drawing dragons", wasting a lot of time and speed.

Alessi's various blocking behaviors, in a sense, also slowed down his own and Heidefeld's cars in disguise, giving Zhang Yifei the opportunity to catch up easily.

Heidenfeld actually felt that Alessi deliberately blocked the car in front of him with a private emotion. There were even moments when Heindfield couldn't control the urge to crash and thought about simply knocking Alessy off the track.

After all, he has fought several fights with Alessi, and there is actually no psychological disadvantage.

But in the end, Heidenfeld endured it, because his feud with Alessi was too famous. Deliberate collisions between other drivers can also find some excuse to talk about it, and just don't admit it anyway.

If the FIA really wants to punish it, it will be considered unlucky or start from the pit.

If he deliberately knocked Alessi off the track, he wouldn't have been able to avoid a dangerous driving penalty.

Dangerous driving is actually one of the more serious violations in F1. Lesser penalties are cancellation of the current stand, starting from the pits, etc. If the penalty is severe, the results for the whole year will be cancelled, which means that all points will be cleared.

and the most serious revocation of the Super Driver's License, just like the later generations of Japanese drivers Iide Yuji, which will leave the F1 paddock completely.

Schumacher was punished for dangerous driving, and in the final game of the 1997 season in Spain, he narrowly led Villeneuve by one point. But during the race, Schumacher noticed that his car had a slight malfunction and the pace began to slow down.

On lap 48, Schumacher was overtaken by Villeneuve, who would overtake Schumacher in total points to become the 1997 F1 World Champion.

With Schumacher's character, he would never give up the world championship to anyone! So when Lenneuve was about to overtake, Schumacher hit the steering wheel and crashed headlong into Villeneuve's car.

He thought that even if both of them retired, with a slight lead of one point before, he would become the overall champion of the year.

It's just that Schumacher didn't expect that Villeneuve had already prepared, even if he was knocked off the track, he just drove the damaged car to finish the race, and also completed the overtake in points.

Schumacher's malicious crash behavior was so obvious that the FIA directly canceled Schumacher's annual results and stripped him of the runner-up title. However, according to Schumacher's personality, it is estimated that he is not interested in the runner-up title.

Historical punishment is in front of him, Heidefeld deliberately crashed and it is difficult to clear the suspicion, and he does not have Schumacher's qualifications and strength, if he really encounters severe punishment from the FIA, it may not only be as simple as canceling the results, but also whether he can continue to mix in the F1 paddock, which is a question.

So even if Heidenfeld was unhappy in his heart, he could only endure his temper and seek a chance to surpass Alessy, instead of knocking this French opponent out!

As Heidfeld waited for his chance to overtake, the team alerted him to a car approaching behind him, and he glanced in the rearview mirror to see that it was a blue Prost.

Seeing this blue livery, even if you don't look at the driver number on the front of the car, Heidfeld knows who the driver behind him is, after all, Alessi in front has been fighting with him for a long time, and Zhang Yifei, another driver of the Prost team, is naturally behind.

To be honest, when he saw that it was Zhang Yifei catching up, Heidenfeld was still shocked in his heart.

Starting from the pit lane is almost equivalent to a 5-second penalty penalty, and his qualifying is in the middle and upper reaches of the stage, the time gap between him and Zhang Yifei will be wider, and it may be close to 10 seconds.

As a result, it has only been more than ten laps now, and Zhang Yifei has caught up, even if the grappling with Alessi has delayed a little time, but it is absolutely impossible to have as much as ten seconds, which means that Zhang Yifei's lap speed is very fast, so he can catch up with himself, and the strength of the Chinese newcomer should not be underestimated!

One after the other was caught between two Prost cars, something Heidfeld had never thought about.

Although the Prost team was the first stop of Heidfeld's career, he did not have the slightest affection for the Prost team. In addition, he was blocked by Alesi for so long, and Heidfield had a lot of resentment in his stomach, since Zhang Yifei was sent to the door, let Zhang Yifei feel the anger he had suffered.

So Heidefeld began to change lanes and directly blocked in front of Zhang Yifei, his meaning was obvious, that is, he planned to guard Zhang Yifei strictly and would not let him overtake easily.

Zhang Yifei is not surprised by Heidfeld's move, except for the "old" drivers who are ready to paddle on the track, any young and vigorous normal F1 driver will not give his opponent the opportunity to overtake easily.

Not to mention that Heidfield still has an old grudge against the Prost team, and now that he has been blocked by Alessy for so long, it is strange that he is willing to let himself go!

So Zhang Yifei began to tangent frantically, hoping to surpass the Heidfeld in front with the help of the extreme line.

However, Zhang Yifei's several tentative attacks were blocked by the other party, and he had to admit that Heidfeld's strength was much stronger than that of Marquis.

is worthy of being the driver who beat Kimi Raikkonen in the rookie stage, Heidefeld's basic skills are very solid, and the control and routing are also very accurate, and every time Zhang Yifei's overtaking route is blocked, it is really not easy to overtake quickly.

Seeing that Zhang Yifei's several attempts to overtake ended in failure, in the Pit Stop of the Prost Fleet, members of the strategy team began to discuss a countermeasure.

"Fei has risen nine places in the rankings, and his performance on the track today can be described as excellent, and maybe there is a possibility of breaking into the points area to create a miracle! In addition, Fei is the No. 1 driver and deserves to enjoy the team's resource tilt, so I think the wingman program should be activated! ”

Team leader Henry said his thoughts, but he said it more tactfully, in fact, the core strategy is to let Alessi take the initiative to press the car, and then let Zhang Yifei over, so as to use the fastest and easiest way, "two to one" to complete the overtaking, which is also the most commonly used team tactic on the F1 track.

But now the problem is that as Heidfield began to entangle with Zhang Yifei, Alessi took the opportunity to open up the car with the two of them. After all, his relationship with Zhang Yifei is average, and it just so happened that Heidefeld changed his target, and he was not polite.

However, at this time, Alessi's race engineer Cod immediately raised objections.

"Alessi was already ahead at this point, and asking him to slow down and press the car would undoubtedly reduce the team's competitiveness. If Fei still didn't take the opportunity to overtake, or was defended by Heidfeld, then both of our team drivers would have been in a stalemate. ”

Naturally, Cod is from a more biased angle towards Alessi, but what he said also has some truth, that is, now that Alessi is ahead, if he wants to slow down and press the car, he will slow down the overall speed of the team.

And Zhang Yifei may not be able to surpass it easily, even if it is, unless Zhang Yifei has an amazing lap speed next, it is better to let Alessi, who is already leading, fight for points.

After all, on the Sepang circuit, the experience of the veteran can take advantage of it, and Alessi's form is also constantly improving, maybe he can really break into the top six!

"I think what Cod said makes sense, if you don't slow down and press the car, then Alessi is a stable lead. If the deceleration car is released as a wingman, then all the subsequent pressure will be on the flyer's back. ”

'Whether he can withstand that pressure and continue to climb all the way into the top six is something that is uncertain. And the gap between Fei and the sixth-place driver Trulli is as high as 34 seconds, can he really catch up? ”

Charlie, the chief technician, also said his thoughts, he felt that it was too difficult to let Zhang Yifei compete, so it was better to maintain the status quo and let Alessi, who was already leading, sprint to the points area, which might have a better chance.

"What do you think, Kossel?"

Prost didn't make a decision directly, but asked Kossel, who had not spoken, who was the chief race engineer.

"Alessi's limit may not be able to enter the points area, but the limit of flying can definitely enter the points area, let Alessi slow down and stop the car."

"Are you sure to fly into the points area?"

Prost is actually relatively optimistic about Zhang Yifei, but he does not have such a decisive answer as Korcel.

"I'm not God, how can I be sure?"

"I only know one thing, and that is that if the two of them want to say who can create a miracle, it must be flying!"

Listening to Cosell's affirmative reply, Prost also made a decision and said: "Give the team order, Alessi slows down to block Heidfeld and let the flight pass." ”

Hearing that the boss had already given instructions, as Alessi's race engineer, Cord could only press the red call button on the headset.

It's just that at this time, he is not very sure in his heart, with Alesi's stubborn character, will he be willing to become Zhang Yifei's wingman?