The two racing cars rushed towards the repair station one by one. When they felt that Xiong Long had already defended for the sake of defense, Zhang Yifei understood that he had no fighting spirit and planned to enter the station in this lap. Now it was the final delay.

All of them have already reached this point, so Zhang Yifei naturally does not want the result to be futile. He must let Xiong Long understand that there is only one strongest Chinese driver, that is Zhang Yifei from China!

However, it is actually not an easy task for Zhang Yifei to complete the surpassing this round.

The main reason is that after more than ten laps of wear, the super soft tire of the car has basically completed its mission, and the grip begins to slide from the peak. If you don’t enter the station to change the tire, you will not be able to guarantee the grip in the high-speed cornering state.

Another point is that Zhang Yifei heard an abnormal sound from the rear of the car from time to time. He didn't know whether this sound was due to the engine, or the chassis or other factors, but it was not a good sign anyway.

So Zhang Yifei has few opportunities left. He set his sights on the t10 bend of the track, which is one of the few overtaking points on the Catalonian track.

The t10 curve is a turn around close to 180 degrees. The racing speed will reach the lowest point. If you want to surpass it, you must be extremely accurate in controlling the brake points and routes, otherwise you will rush out of the track.

In addition to reducing downforce for straight-line speed, other racing adjustments such as reducing ground height, harder suspension and super soft tires can be regarded as strengthening cornering speed.

These adjustments increase the difficulty of handling the car, but bring a higher cornering limit. So at the t10 curve brake point, Zhang Yifei stepped on the brake later than Xiong Long, and instantly entered the corner and caught up with Minardi Racing. The two cars entered the corner in a side-by-side manner.

"It's time to overtake!"

"The Chinese newcomer finally found a chance, but he was caught up with him!"

"The average lap speed is more than one second faster. I am also a new driver. It is not without reason to achieve a triple jump."

"I'm curious now. What is the fastest lap for Chinese newcomers? I don't know if the data in the event center has been processed."

Zhang Yifei's overtaking action made many members of the team at the scene start to cheer and praise him.

After all, there are professional teams here. They know how difficult it is to overtake Zhang Yifei, and how amazing it is to catch up with him. Putting aside all kinds of erotic eyes, Zhang Yifei, as a newcomer, impressed these F1 teams with his strength, and deserves to cheer for this Chinese newcomer.

"Kimmy, it seems you have an opponent on the track."

Coothard no longer had a playful smile this time. He took Zhang Yifei's strength seriously and felt that he was qualified to become Kimi's strong opponent in the new F1 season.

At this moment, a solemn expression appeared on Kimi Raikkonen's face. Although he was known as the "Finnish Iceman", his desire for victory and championship was as hot as fire.

In the image of the world, Zhang Yifei is his own copyist and follower. If Zhang Yifei is allowed to surpass the past, then this image will change. Competitive sports pay more attention to achievements, rather than to pioneering.

In front of the Prost team repair station, there were also maintenance technicians standing there. They all looked at Zhang Yifei on the track with excitement and surprise, waiting for this final transcendence.

You should know that Zhang Yifei performed well in training before, and even beat French veteran Alessi in the team. But these can't prove anything. Many people train as fierce as tigers and compete like dogs.

Moreover, it is not too much to say that French veteran Alessi is in the bottom last year, and not only his personal status, but also among the 22 drivers in the F1 team, he can be regarded as the bottom. His fighting will not be as strong as the newcomer Hydefield.

It is convincing to defeat such an elderly driver who has no fighting spirit, but it cannot make the team feel at ease.

Although the winter test track is not a formal competition, it is already very close to the formal competition. Xiong Long is also a new driver of Minardi, but he was crushed by Zhang Yifei.

There is really no comparison, there is no harm. Nowadays, the members of the Prost team are increasingly feeling that signing Zhang Yifei, the Chinese newcomer, is a treasure.

Newcomers represent infinite possibilities, only with potential, and the revival of Prost team is just around the corner!

"Run beautifully, go ahead!"

"Fly, come on, for Prost team!"

"The strongest Chinese newcomer, prove yourself!"

Although Zhang Yifei couldn't hear these refueling and shouting, other convoy members next to the maintenance station could hear them.

You should know that Prost team was very aggrieved last season. I felt that I couldn’t raise my head in front of other teams. At least I had hope of turning things around this year!

On the track, after Zhang Yifei was standing side by side, Xiong Long looked at the Prost blue racing car that appeared beside him, and felt a little panic in his heart.

But after all, becoming a professional driver, this panic was quickly suppressed and replaced by a kind of determination.

As long as this curve can suppress Zhang Yifei, it is even more impossible for Zhang Yifei to surpass the remaining curves. The maintenance channel is entering the station, which means the end of this duel. In any case, Zhang Yifei cannot be allowed to surpass the rest at this point in time.

So Xiong Long, who had already braked and slowed down before entering the corner, was in a state of loosening the accelerator. In order to avoid being overtaken by Zhang Yifei in the t10 corner, he gritted his teeth and stepped on the accelerator to speed up, not giving Zhang Yifei the chance to go over.

Feeling the sudden acceleration of Minardi racing car beside him, Zhang Yifei felt very different in his heart. His own cornering speed was already very extreme. Zhang Yifei couldn't guarantee whether there would be any signs of insufficient grip.

Unexpectedly, Xiong Long was still accelerating in this situation to prevent him from overtaking. Could it be that his racing car has any special black technology that can maintain amazing acceleration and grip during the curve?

The answer is naturally no. This kind of black technology has exceeded the limit of qi physics. Unless there is active downward pressure, there will inevitably be insufficient grip.

So now there are only two options in front of Xiong Long, either brake and slow down or rush out of the track.

There is no doubt that normal people will choose the first one. After all, the first one has a chance to rescue, and the second one is Liang Liang directly. But now the speed is too fast, and Xiong Long has no choice but to increase the brake force on his feet.

The strong braking force was shown, and Minardi Racing tires showed signs of locking. When the super soft tires ran here, the tire wall was already very thin. The brakes were locked, and the tires that touched the ground instantly wrinkled through.

With a muffled "bang", Xiong Long's racing tire exploded. In addition, it may be the first time he encountered such a problem on the F1 track. He even stepped on the brakes and stepped on them to death, but forgot to get in neutral.

So the car stopped directly and stopped on the track to "stop".

"Oh~ Brother Fei won!"

Ah Hu shouted excitedly, although Xiong Long is just a paid driver and is still a newcomer. But he is at least the number one opponent that Zhang Yifei defeated on the F1 track, and the victory is always a pleasure.

Compared to Ah Hu's happiness, other members of the team, or other team members, have set their sights on the lap display screen, wanting to see what Zhang Yifei's fastest lap is.

After all, a newcomer like Xiong Long would not meet the F1 entry standards without the sponsorship of the Malaysian government and business giants.

As a normal F1 driver, it is natural to defeat Xiong Long, and the lap speed represents Zhang Yifei's absolute strength.

Soon, Zhang Yifei's fastest lap appeared on the lap display, 1 minute 22 seconds 617!

This lap result surprised many team members on the scene, even many professional F1 drivers took a breath. Because Zhang Yifei's fastest lap was already ranked in the mid-to-upstream level of these two tracks, even Schumacher's fastest lap later was only 1 minute 22 seconds 245.

Kimi Raikkonen, who is regarded as a Gemini driver, was not on the table with the previous test lap of the track. He was only 905 in 1 minute 22 seconds, and was widened by Zhang Yifei.

Of course, these fastest lap speeds do not represent the driver's final strength. Because the first two days of winter test are more about adjusting the racing car than pursuing fast lap. Basically, in the last two days of winter test, the lap results will be qualitatively improved, and it is very likely that they will even break the track record.

But who can guarantee that Zhang Yifei will not improve later? So this lap speed means that Zhang Yifei's strength has officially reached the standards of an F1 driver, and no one will look at him from the perspective of a Chinese rookie.

The lap speed on the track did not make Zhang Yifei proud, and he did not even celebrate the victory. As soon as the showdown ended, Zhang Yifei drove the car into the station to inspect the abnormal noise behind.

Fortunately, it was not the engine problem, but the air fixing wing was loose and the noise caused by the disturbance caused by the strong downcompression airflow.

This result also made Zhang Yifei feel relieved. If Prost team runs and breaks once, it would be a bit of a scam!

On the third day of winter testing, the Peugeot Group R&D engineer flew from his French headquarters to Barcelona and began to inspect the Peugeot engine.

Even Prost, who was discussing sponsorship matters outside, called several times a day to ask about the progress, and he could clearly feel the problem with the racing engine, Prost's anxious mentality.

After all, the team had the last place last year because of Peugeot's engine, and even lost its main sponsor, Pan American Sports Network. This year, no matter what, the car can no longer have the high failure rate as last year.

Fortunately, after inspection by Peugeot engineers, they found that there were no design defects, but the assembly and sealing process was somewhat misaligned, and the secondary reinforcement seal could basically ensure that there were no problems in the two races.

After the Peugeot Engine was inspected by Peugeot Engineers, although there were still unstable situations in the winter tests in the next few days, at least there was no serious problem of explosions.

In this era, there is no requirement for engine reliability too high. If it can be basically guaranteed to be used, it will have already reached the passing line standard.

Of course, this may also be because after last season, Prost's standards for Peugeot engines have been reduced a lot...
Chapter completed!