Cosell's words gave the maintenance team members a sense of strength and confidence in an instant.

The strong are contagious, and the German chief race engineer, who shows confidence and decisiveness under his strong appearance, does not take Schumacher seriously at all.

For him, Schumacher is just Zhang Yifei's next goal to surpass, it's that simple!

At this moment, many crew members gradually understood why the original boss Prost directly let Korsell serve as the chief race engineer. Indeed, at a time when the momentum of this kind of convoy is declining and the personnel are worried, his simple words can play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army!

All distractions are left behind, and the maintenance technician uses his fastest speed to complete the stop process step by step.

Tire Replacement Complete!

Come on, done!

The jack is lowered and the rider finishes gearing!

All the normal pit stop steps have been completed, but the lollipop man at the front did not move his sign, because the technical director Leo is still nervously resetting the ECU of the car and restoring the initial state of the shift logic.

Of course, this approach now does not completely guarantee that there will be no more gear jumps in the next events. Because of the short stop time, there is no way to thoroughly check the inside of the gearbox, and it can only be a matter of luck!

11 seconds, 12 seconds, 13 seconds......

Time beats every second, and this time it took the crew to complete the refueling time of the pit stop, which is not inferior to the pit stop time of the top team!

But it took longer than many people thought to reset the gearbox shift logic, and every second that passed, it became more difficult for Zhang Yifei to catch up.

Even many crew members, watching Ole's movements, sweat beads appeared on their foreheads!

Just after 14 seconds, design director Ole ripped off the data transmission cable attached to the car. Almost at the same time, the lollipop man moved the sign placed in front of the car, Zhang Yifei stepped on the accelerator, and the JS53 car drove away from the pit space.

"Fly, come on!"

Looking at Zhang Yifei, who was gradually moving away, Chen Zhi secretly recited a sentence in his heart.

"Fly will definitely surpass Schumacher again, Prost is the strongest!"

Charlie said as he stretched out his fist. Seeing the action of the chief technician, the maintenance technical members came over one after another and bumped their fists together.

"That's right, Fei and Alesi are the best drivers on the track at the moment!"

"They won't let us down, come on!"

"For Prost, for the championship, for the ultimate glory!"

"We're all the best!"

Everyone is cheering at the moment, no matter whether Zhang Yifei was surpassed by Schumacher or not, the two Prost drivers today are not ashamed, they show the strongest strength!

"Mentor, do you really think Yifeijun can surpass Schumacher?"

Inside the pit, Ukyo Yamamoto asked Kossel beside him.

Although at the moment, the P room of the team is full of all kinds of cheering voices, but as a data analyst, Yamamoto Ukyo must always remain rational, and only numbers can convince him.

"It's hard."

Kosell gave Ukyo Yamamoto a very objective answer.

"That Feijun can't win, can he?"

"No, I believe him."

In fact, Korsell is not an emotional person, on the contrary, he is very rational and very aware of the difficulties and realities that Zhang Yifei will face at present.

But in many cases, if you rely solely on reason and data to analyze, there is no such thing as a miracle in the world.

Because theoretically, the opponent you can't defeat will never be able to defeat, and there is no so-called defeating the strong with the weak and turning the tables against the wind.

In any case, no matter how rational it is, we must leave a seed of hope in our hearts, waiting for the birth of that miracle.

"Mentor, I believe in him too."

Ukyo Yamamoto replied, and then looked at the track broadcast screen. He had understood what Korsell was trying to say, it was difficult and unlikely, but there was still hope in the end.

"Zhang Yifei came out, I don't know what went wrong with his car!"

"Prost racing is really rubbish, even if the performance is not good, now the stability is not good!"

"Don't scold, compared to the state of Prost's racing last year, I don't know how many times better this year, I think I should be satisfied."

"That's right, the Prost team only has this strength, which can guarantee the current level, and there is no way to ask for more."

"Come on, Zhang Yifei, there is still hope, don't give up!"

"He won't give up, because he's Zhang Yifei, the Chinese driver who never gives up!"

Watching Zhang Yifei return to the track from the pit lane, the audience at the scene gave him a lot of cheers and applause, and even some fans of other teams gave blessings and support at this time.

After all, it is a very courageous act for a Chinese newcomer to face Schumacher in such a disadvantageous situation. Westerners worship individual heroism more, and Zhang Yifei's performance is undoubtedly like a lone hero.

"Fly, how about the car gear problem?"

Design director Ole asked, he was standing with the chief technician Charlie at the moment, if there is no recovery, it means that it is not a problem with the electronic system, but a mechanical failure.

If there is a mechanical failure, then it will be a big trouble, and the entire power system needs to be removed and the gearbox needs to be repaired, which is not something that can be done in a moment and a half, which means that Zhang Yifei will retire, so all efforts are in vain.

"There is no mess for the time being."

Zhang Yifei replied, judging from the gear he switched just now, there was no problem with the logical order.

However, this does not mean that the matter has been solved perfectly, because this is just out of the pits, and it is not yet certain that the gearbox of the car is really no problem without a long and large shift jump.

But this is also good news, so that the big stone in the hearts of the crew members is temporarily put down a little.

After leaving the pit lane, the previous order has changed, and Zhang Yifei came from the second position to the back of Alessi, which is currently ranked fifth on the track.

However, in front of Zhang Yifei, it was not Alessi, but Fisicella, a driver from Renault. Because he was a lap behind, he was about to be given a ring by Zhang Yifei.

Seeing this scene at the Renault team pits, the expression on his face was a little embarrassed, and the Chinese newcomers who were underestimated by Vice President Ghosn at the beginning are now having to lap the drivers of their own team, which is really a bit of a thing.

For the lap riders, unless they have a grudge with the ring riders, such as Coulthard and Schumacher, they were lapped and deliberately braked down, so that Schumacher hit the tail wheel and became a tricycle.

Otherwise, after the blue flag of slowing down and giving way on the track, they will take the initiative to give up their own line and let the ring car overtake.

Fisichella has no contradiction with Zhang Yifei, and can even be said to be completely unfamiliar, except for the general sense of superiority of European drivers, he has not reached the point of deliberately blocking Zhang Yifei.

So Zhang Yifei easily overtook Fisichella and came to the back of Alessi.

Seeing the Prost racing car in front of him, which was also painted, Zhang Yifei's feeling was very subtle. Because this is the first time since he entered the F1 paddock that he chased directly behind Alessi's car, the two formed a direct competition.

In fact, it stands to reason that Zhang Yifei is the team's No. 1 driver, and at the beginning of the team's test track, Zhang Yifei defeated the French veteran Alessi head-on and determined the identity of the opponent's wingman.

Even if the team strategy team does not issue any biased instructions, from the perspective of the bet contract between the two people, as long as Alesi is willing to gamble and lose, he should give Zhang Yifei the car.

However, from beginning to end, Zhang Yifei did not think of Alessi as a wingman, let alone rely on the team's instructions to force Alessi to give up the car to himself.

Although Zhang Yifei also has a strong desire for the championship, he prefers that this championship is won back by himself, rather than let by others!

Similarly, since the two sides are on opposite sides of the competition, Zhang Yifei will also not show mercy to his subordinates, even if Alessi is his teammate.

Because the best way to respect is to do your best to defeat your opponent! And his all-out attack is the best respect for Alessi, a French veteran!

But at this moment, the team's instructions were delivered, and it was Cossel's voice.

"Alessi, you cooperate with Fei and join forces to flank the Coulthard in front."

In the arena, the relationship between teammates and opponents is very complicated, and the identities of friends and foes are constantly changing. However, the premise of the internal competition of the team is to first kill all the "foreign enemies".

If you get caught up in the team civil war in advance at this time, it will benefit the other teams. And Zhang Yifei is not really backward compared to Alesi, he has made a pit stop in advance, and Alessi will also have to pit for refueling and changing tires after a few laps, and Alessi will naturally fall behind at that time.

Therefore, Kossel does not want the "cannibalism" to happen, and now he needs to fight side by side!

"Roger."

Alessi began by referencing that Kossel was the team's chief race engineer and theoretically had command over both drivers.

"Understood."

Zhang Yifei also responded, he just has the concept of fair competition, which does not mean that he treats Alessi as an enemy.

In fact, Zhang Yifei now treats Alessi as his real teammate, and he no longer has the unpleasant appearance at the beginning.

"Fly, I'll press Coulthard's line and find a way to overtake it."

Alessi won Barrichello heads-up, which is basically the limit of his operation level, and it is really difficult to win again against Coulthard, who is currently in explosive form, and then press Zhang Yifei to surpass.

In the few laps before the pit stop, the best way to attack is to imitate the cooperation of the previous Williams team, and leave an overtaking route for Zhang Yifei by blocking the line.

As for whether you can catch it, it depends on Zhang Yifei's level!