464 The Mentality of the Strong (Chapter 3)
As Alessi said, at that time, he suddenly faced Barrichello's pursuit and had no confidence in Prost racing, which made Zhang Yifei rise too fast at the beginning and wanted to quickly increase to extreme speed.
In fact, the gear position is not proportional to the speed. If the speed cannot reach the upshift, the torque is insufficient, the acceleration cannot be accelerated.
"There is also the No. 5 Faladoula corner. Your brake point is too late, which causes a sudden brake to save after entering the corner, which greatly affects the speed of the car. If it weren't for your body turning around at that time and there was a risk of hitting the front of the car, Barrichello might have directly chosen to overtake."
Zhang Yifei was also deeply impressed by this curve. He thought to delay the brakes as much as possible and turn the corner at a faster speed. But after entering the curve, Zhang Yifei suddenly found that the curve was much more urgent than he thought.
If you follow this speed, you can't turn around at all and you may rush out of the track directly.
So Zhang Yifei could only use sudden braking in the corner to reduce the speed. Fortunately, the road surface of the Interlagers track was rough, and although it was very damaged to the tires, it had good grip, so he finally reduced the speed.
However, this brake made Barrichello chase after the car, and almost passed by his opponent in turn 5.
"Well, I made a mistake in this corner."
Zhang Yifei admitted calmly that he wanted to get rid of his opponent too much, but instead put himself in a dilemma of being pursued.
"The Interlagers track is a narrow track, but it is not the narrowest. When you encounter the city track Monaco, your aggressive brake method will have more serious consequences."
"Any track has its own characteristics. The cornering speed cannot be increased simply by stepping on the accelerator and delaying brakes. They must follow their rules."
Alaixi explained his years of racing experience to Zhang Yifei in a plain tone.
He originally didn't plan to say these things, because in a sense, Zhang Yifei is still his competitor, and Alessi wants to regain the title of No. 1 driver.
However, in the lounge scene, Zhang Yifei's hard work made Alaixi, who was planning to leave, eventually changed his mind.
With my current age and skills, the limit is probably that the number one driver in a small team is good enough to get points and occasionally get on the podium. It is difficult to get the title of the sub-station.
After all, they are already 36 years old, and many drivers have chosen to retire at this age, so it is impossible to reach their peak again.
However, Zhang Yifei has a bright future. This is not just a matter of talent, but this Chinese boy can accept setbacks and can also use his efforts to change his flaws.
Take Alessi himself as an example. If the practice competition was provoked by his opponent like this and ridiculed and ridiculed by the audience, he would probably have had an explosive mentality long ago. How could he sit in the lounge so calmly and watch the video over and over to find out his shortcomings?
"You are right. When I was chasing Barrichello, I always thought that the racing performance was insufficient and I had to find a way to use faster speed to keep him behind. But in fact, the racing performance gap was not so far as I could not fight at all. Instead, I had various radical controls, giving Barrichello a chance, otherwise I could steadily hold him behind the car."
"Um."
Alaisi nodded and continued, "Actually, there is no need for you to be so anxious. You just need to block the car normally and not give Barrichello enough overtaking space, so he dare not force overtake you on the track."
"After all, you already have a reckless and radical image on the track. Barrichello is not as willing to sacrifice his life."
When talking about this, Alessi showed a playful smile on her face.
Track drivers have reached a consensus in a sense under the influence of the media and Zhang Yifei's performance. Regardless of whether they think their strength can surpass Zhang Yifei, they all think that this Chinese boy is very reckless and dares to "died together" with his opponent.
Barrichello himself is not a radical and powerful driver. If he had this kind of personality, he would not have stayed in Ferrari for five or six years and became a green leaf with no choice.
Moreover, with his current performance and status, it is impossible to "change one" with newcomers like Zhang Yifei.
After all, Zhang Yifei's performance is bad, there will be no problem with a team of Prost next year. And Barrichello's performance is bad, and Ferrari will not take in rookies.
So Zhang Yifei doesn’t need any psychological pressure at all, Barrichello has to bear more than he does!
Looking at the playful smile on Alaixi's face made Zhang Yifei understand instantly. As expected, ginger is still so hot. Perhaps due to his age and the city, the Alaixi track has not performed well, but he can see the track situation very clearly.
To put it simply in Chinese, are those who are barefoot afraid of wearing shoes?
After all that, Alessi didn't say anything more, but opened the door of the lounge and walked out.
If you continue to say more, those who don’t know think he is pleasing the new driver. This impression is unacceptable to the arrogant Frenchman.
The two hours at noon passed quickly, and Zhang Yifei completely recovered his previous fighting spirit. There was no sign of the failure and pressure of the previous practice competition.
“How is the racing maintenance?”
After Zhang Yifei walked out of the lounge, he directly asked Charlie in the repair workshop.
"It will not affect the afternoon practice competition."
Charlie replied confidently. Although the two cars hit the previous ones very fast, their relative speed was not fast, which was equivalent to a light push. Otherwise, Zhang Yifei would not have been able to run another lap on the track against the suspension.
At the same time, Cosell leaned over and said, "It's the second practice game soon. I hope you will focus on familiarizing yourself with the track and racing feedback in this game, rather than responding to those provocations, do you understand?"
"clear."
Zhang Yifei nodded. In the first practice game, Barrichello was indeed provoking it, but he cooperated very well to face the challenge.
In fact, this is not the best way to deal with it. For a professional driver, the results of the main race are the first. For newcomers like Zhang Yifei, familiarity with the track and providing good track feedback is the top priority of the practice competition.
With the remaining two practice games, Zhang Yifei can no longer have similar things, otherwise he will not be able to conquer the Interlagers track!
After briefly giving, Zhang Yifei dressed neatly and sat in the racing car. Junko Takeda said with confidence while handing the water bag: "Ichifeijun, Kossell said that this practice game may encounter more provocative actions. You must stay calm when you go there."
"Don't worry, I will implement the four words "not arrogant or impatient" to the end!"
The green light of the maintenance channel illuminated, and the second practice game officially began. This time the scene on the track became even more popular. Barrichello's perfect performance in the morning gave many Brazilian spectators on the track confidence.
It turns out that the super newcomer who had been extremely strong in the past two stops was so vulnerable to Barrichello. If nothing unexpected happens, Barrichello will follow Senna, the new generation of Brazilian car king.
At the same time, at the Williams fleet repair station, Montoya was waiting for the green light to light up with excitement on his face.
He was ready in the morning, but unexpectedly, Zhang Yifei gave up the practice match directly, which disappointed Montoya.
But it doesn't matter. Zhang Yifei hid for a while, but he couldn't hide for a lifetime! Now he finally had a chance. When facing this Chinese boy again, Montoya would not give the other party any chance.
"Drive well, take out your Indy World Championship strength and don't let me down."
Sir Williams patted Montoya on the shoulder and said in this tone of an elder.
After all, Montoya was discovered by him a few years ago and then became a test driver and a formal driver step by step. It can be said that Williams appreciated Montoya, and no one would object to this tone.
"He's dead this time!"
Montoya replied viciously, if he could not prove himself on the Interlagus track, he would not be able to raise his head.
And a similar scene occurred not only at the Williams team, but even at the McLaren team repair station.
McLaren Cyo Martin Whitmarsh also said to Kimi Raikkonen beside him: "Kimi, can you beat Fly once in the practice game like Barrichello?"
Kimi Raikkonen is not a driver with a flamboyant personality, and he didn't expect Ceo to say such words suddenly, so he didn't respond immediately.
This reaction to Kimi was also expected by Whitmarsh, so he added: "If you have a chance, provoke and defeat him once."
Although Zhang Yifei lost the Battle of the Gemini, he could only be considered a slight loss. He shone in the Malaysian Grand Prix, and his results directly crushed Kimi Raikkonen who withdrew.
There is no doubt that the light of Zhang Yifei, the Gemini star on the initial track, has already covered the mediocre Kimi Raikkonen.
McLaren must save this situation. Now that Zhang Yifei is facing setbacks, it is the best time to defeat him. In a simpler and more rude sentence, many teams plan to beat the dogs and beat Zhang Yifei down at one time!
"Um."
Kimi Raikkonen's face was cold and responded simply, which was also his personality.
The situation on the track was like the calm before the storm came, but Zhang Yifei, who was at the center of the storm, was calm.
Compared to the previous one, he put away his sharpness this time, and there was no sign of any ostentatiousness.
But his heart was more confident and passionate than before!
Chapter completed!