"Fei, we checked the steering mechanism and the ground suspension, and we didn't find any obvious problems, how did you feel before?"

Charlie opened his mouth to ask, except for some loose screws at high speed, no obvious faults were found in other aspects, and they also felt a little confused.

"It feels like the steering isn't that precise, and there's a slight shift in the tracking."

Zhang Yifei said how he felt during the practice race, it was precisely because of the deviation of the line that caused him to be more conservative in the cornering stage, and he needed to slow down the speed to familiarize himself with and experience the track, and all kinds of factors were superimposed, and finally ran a slower lap time.

Hearing Zhang Yifei's answer, Charlie didn't doubt it. Because more than ten years of technician career has taught Charlie a truth, that is, do not easily doubt the handling skills of F1 drivers, they are a group of people whose professional skills can be called terrifying!

The steering ratio of the F1 steering wheel is much smaller than that of a normal civilian car, and it is still nonlinear. Any 1 millimeter steering offset, placed on a race car with hundreds of kilometers per hour, will be magnified many times over, and there will be a large error in the wiring.

Therefore, this extremely subtle fault is more difficult to find, and the directly related components are the steering mechanism, suspension, etc., while there are too many indirect factors, almost any part of the car is possible, such as chassis, tires, brakes, suspension, etc.

Even if the aerodynamic shape is unbalanced, the wind force on both sides is not equal, and it may deviate to one side.

"There are a lot of factors that go wrong, and to figure it out thoroughly, you need to complete the teardown of the car and do a thorough inspection. However, there is a second practice match in the afternoon, and there is not enough time. ”

Charlie has pointed out the difficulties at the moment, with two practice sessions scheduled on Friday, just a few hours apart, according to the F1 schedule.

It will be too late to completely disassemble and then install it in these few hours, because it will be too late to count all kinds of ignition preheating and inspection time. But if the problem is not solved, it will always be a hidden danger, so I am in a dilemma.

As an old Jianghu, Korcel understands the current difficulties very well, and he just thought about it for a few seconds before making a decision directly.

"Charlie, the steering mechanism doesn't need to be dismantled, it's obvious if something goes wrong. This kind of deviation, mainly check the chassis and suspension, and the Indianapolis circuit is counterclockwise, have you adjusted the steering balance of the car? ”

"That's right! The steering was adjusted clockwise before, but this time it is in the opposite direction, which may have something to do with this, and I will correct it immediately! ”

After finishing speaking, Charlie stood in front of Caser and Zhang Yifei and said guiltily: "I'm sorry that I made such a low-level mistake. ”

"What's there to apologize for, practice sessions are meant to be used to train the car. And this time the assembly of the car was disrupted by the supply of parts, and it is normal for you to not pay attention for a while. ”

Zhang Yifei didn't care at all, these were actually some small details, and they were discovered within a reasonable period of time. Now the members of the Prost crew have performed well enough, and they are not even inferior to the top car group like Ferrari, Zhang Yifei does not think that they should be demanded.

In order to reduce the pressure on the crew members and ensure that there will be no accidents, many teams in later generations even require that the pit stop tire change time must be maintained at more than 2 seconds, rather than pursuing the extreme advantage of a few tenths of a second.

The members of the Prost crew have done enough well!

"In the second practice session, I'll make sure the car is perfect."

Charlie still made assurances, because in his opinion, it was the negligence of the technician team.

"Of course it will be foolproof."

Korsell agrees, and he understands the pressure on the technician team.

In between races, the mechanics team members did not choose to rest, but almost turned over the suspension and turf of the JS53 car to ensure that there would be no problems in the second practice session in the afternoon.

On the other hand, Zhang Yifei did not rest, he sat in the lounge, and repeated the footage recorded by the car camera over and over again to stabilize the memory point of the track route in his mind.

Alessi's performance in the first practice this time was also not very good, and he was considered to be between Zhang Yifei, so he also sat in the lounge and watched the game video with Zhang Yifei.

"You did get the same line for a lot of laps, and you did get wrong and you had to fix the steering wheel constantly, so it was slowed down.

If it was possible that Zhang Yifei was wrong before, now through the review of the game video and Alessi's confirmation, then it can be 100% sure that there is a problem with the car.

"By the way, is that happening to you?"

Zhang Yifei asked rhetorically, although the suspension of the Alesi racing car is fine, it is also not tuned in the counterclockwise direction, and theoretically if he has a problem, Alesi will have the same problem.

"Well, but not as obvious as you."

Hearing that Alessi was sure, Zhang Yifei basically locked the symptoms on the adjustment problem, which would not have a great impact on the next game.

"Then there's the weakness of Prost's car, which was magnified at Indianapolis, and maybe I can't help you with anything in this race."

In fact, Alessi hesitated for a long time, because saying it was equivalent to admitting his status as the No. 2 driver and wingman.

But after so many races, it is not good for people to be unconvinced, and Zhang Yifei's performance and strength are indeed worthy of the identity of the team's No. 1 driver.

Of course, more importantly, Zhang Yifei saved the Prost team, and Alessi has always been grateful.

Although there is already another French Renault team on the track, Prost is no longer the only one, but it has always carried Alessi's original dream of Grand France, even if it may never come true.

"Alessi, you're underestimating me, don't forget, I'm a driver who claims to challenge the whole world."

Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, using a half-truth joke to alleviate the embarrassing scene that might occur.

In fact, Zhang Yifei also understands that Alessi's crazy offensive in the Austrian Grand Prix dragged Barrichello and Schumacher from joining forces.

Now in the US Grand Prix, Alessi is back to his normal level, and the weak racing performance combined with complex and dangerous corners has magnified the technical level gap, making the strong stronger and the weak weaker.

In this game, Alessi will definitely not be able to help himself.

However, Zhang Yifei is still grateful for the help given by the French veteran, and he has long been accustomed to the scene of fighting alone. So these things can't affect Zhang Yifei anything.

Hearing Zhang Yifei say this, Alessi was not hypocritical, and his dignity made him unable to completely put down the shelf and position himself as a wingman. If you talk too much, you will seem to be inferior.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the second practice session arrived on time, after the "fiasco" of the first practice in the morning, the American fans and Indian fans on the scene were obviously more proud, and many people saw Zhang Yifei appear, and they all made various boos and whistles, and began to laugh wantonly.

Most viewers agreed that Zhang Yifei couldn't adapt to the Indianapolis circuit, and the super rookie performance of the Austrian Grand Prix couldn't be staged again.

But Zhang Yifei this time, in the crowd of more than 100,000 American audiences, he actually found a red area.

It's not Ferrari red, it's Chinese red!

As the world's largest country, the United States is also a country of immigrants, in fact, there are millions of Chinese people. If you add international students, overseas Chinese, etc., this number is even more.

Therefore, compared with places such as Brazil and Austria, it is easier for the United States to gather a considerable number of Chinese supporters.

In the first practice stage, in fact, there are many overseas Chinese in the audience, but these thousands of people are like a small splash in the sea of more than 100,000 people, and they can't make their own voices at all.

And they didn't expect that Zhang Yifei would be ridiculed and ridiculed by the audience, and they didn't prepare anything before the game.

However, the ridicule and contempt that Zhang Yifei suffered after the game aroused the indignation in their hearts, so they used the time between the games to find a way to get some national flags and banners supporting Zhang Yifei.

And because the number is not enough, there are even a lot of red cloths on the scene, anyway, at least in a sea of stars and stripes, showing the Chinese red that belongs to Zhang Yifei!

"Come on~~ Zhang Yifei!"

"Come on, and we support you~~!"

"Chinese car god, Zhang Yifei!"

"Zhang Yifei, let the Yankees see the power of Chinese drivers!"

The shouts were actually not obvious in the shouts and whistles, but Zhang Yifei still heard the familiar sound of "come on".

"It's no wonder Montoya can rekindle his fighting spirit, it feels good to have someone to support him."

Zhang Yifei muttered with a smile, then walked back to the pit, put on headphones and helmets.

There will never be a shortage of supporters behind him!

The second practice session was held as scheduled, and the track temperature was maintained at 16 degrees Celsius, which was considered the most suitable temperature range for the race. All the teams have already tuned their cars and started testing the tyres, which are generally faster than a practice.

Zhang Yifei's speed in this practice match is very much improved compared with 1:16.603 in the first practice, and it only took 1:15.207.

However, this improvement is relative to himself, and he is still ranked around 10th in the overall drivers, which is completely different from the amazing results he has run in the previous practice races.

Even Malaysia's Yoong Long ran into the 1 minute and 14 second realm, which was also a lot better than the first practice lap time, ranking fifth among all the drivers.

There is still no major change in the top three, and Montoya, with the support of his fellow Colombians and American Hindi fans, is really a bit of a small universe explosion, and he has stubbornly suppressed the unconvinced Schumacher.

In the Pit Stop of the Prost team, Henry looked at the final lap time standings and said with a stern expression: "Kossel, I feel that the situation is a little bad, he has actually tried his best, but this track is too challenging for cars and newcomers!" ”