When Cod stood up against it, the rest of the strategy team were stunned, not expecting him to agree with Cosell's idea.

"Cord, you ......"

As if he knew what Henry was trying to say, Cord explained before he could finish: "You're not race engineers, so you don't know the drivers thoroughly, all I can say is trust them to make the right decisions and judgments. ”

Cod knows Alonso's character very well, and he will accept this kind of car blocking benefit, but he will definitely not obediently succumb to Zhang Yifei, but will rush to the position of the head car in one go.

At the same time, Cod is also very clear about the final plan of the strategy group, that is, when Alonso comes to the front row, he will completely play his position as the No. 2 driver, to help Zhang Yifei block the traffic behind, and ensure that Fei can go all out to run the lap and finally win the Monaco Grand Prix.

But the question is, will Alonso really be obedient and block the car?

The answer is no, and if Alonso doesn't get to the lead, he would have been in second place perfectly as the team envisioned. This Spanish kid will never obediently block Schumacher and the driver behind him, but will show Zhang Yifei his crazy offensive.

At that time, Alonso will completely disobey the orders of the convoy, and there will be no room for turnaround.

Kod knows very well, and so does Kossell, that is the strength of being a race engineer, always the one who knows his drivers best.

And Korcel has a lesson from the past, that is, the former McLaren team, Senna and Prost are like this, they will not show mercy because they are teammates, and finally make black hands against each other in front of the results, break up unhappily, and even "go to court".

Therefore, for many arrogant drivers, if one side chooses to compromise and forcibly press with the team's instructions, this time bomb will be detonated in advance, causing even more unpredictable consequences.

Another point is that in Kossel's heart, he is looking forward to witnessing the picture of Zhang Yifei facing Schumacher head-on. Only on this F1 crown track, a heads-up win over the previous "King of Monaco", can be regarded as truly crossing the insurmountable peak.

He believes that after this match, if Zhang Yifei can win, it will be the beginning of a new era.

With the two team race engineers standing together, especially with Korcel still in control of the final command, the other members of the strategy team have nothing to say but to retract their opinions.

On the track, the moment the five countdown lights went out, Zhang Yifei jumped out with one foot on the accelerator.

Starting reaction time has always been one of Zhang Yifei's biggest advantages, and the starting action is already a kind of muscle instinct for Zhang Yifei, and it is almost impossible to make any mistakes.

This time, Schumacher's start was also very fast, not slower than Zhang Yifei at all. In this year's opener, after being overtaken by Helio at the start, Schumacher never gave anyone a chance to beat him on the start.

Not to mention that in this most important Monaco Grand Prix, Schumacher could not have made any low-level mistakes at the start!

As the F1 cars began to sprawl, Schumacher made a strange line move, not taking a position in the middle to block Alonso's possible overtaking manoeuvre, but instead clinging to the right side of the railing, as if preparing for Turn 1.

However, you must know that although the start is only a right-hand arc straight, it will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of driving so close to the guardrail. After all, walking in the middle, it doesn't matter if you deviate a centimeter or two slightly, and as long as you shake to the right, the air kit may be torn to pieces in a high-speed collision!

Zhang Yifei didn't pay attention to Schumacher's operation line at the start, and because of the right arc, the field of vision is actually not so good, and he needs to pay attention to the changes in front of the track all the time.

All the cars are lined up in a long queue at the moment, and the speed is soaring towards Turn 1, and whoever can get through the corner first will have the advantage in the rest of the race!

100km/h

200km/h

250km/h

280km/h……

Zhang Yifei focused on the acceleration ability at low and medium speeds because of the tuning of the gearbox, and almost gave up the top speed improvement of the seventh gear.

So in this section of acceleration after the start, the front acceleration is very fast, but after 250 km/h, the speed starts to slow down slightly than before.

None of that matters, though, as there are only two slightly longer straights on the entire Monaco circuit, most of which focus more on acceleration out of corners. So this tuning scheme is the most suitable tuning for the Monaco circuit, and the other teams are basically the same.

But as he got closer and closer to Turn 1, Zhang Yifei suddenly found that the Ferrari car, which had been pulled away by a certain distance, began to get closer and closer to him, and resumed the 8-meter parking distance at the start.

And this trend is still getting closer, representing Schumacher's speed at the moment, which is to surpass Zhang Yifei's Prost car!

Schumacher accelerates faster than me?

Zhang Yifei instantly had this question in his mind, after half a year of fierce battles on the track, Zhang Yifei has basically figured out the performance of Ferrari F2002.

Purely in terms of performance, there is no essential gap with its own Prost AP05, almost between the best. The reason why Schumacher was able to run horrific results in 2002 in history is that this car fits well with Schumacher.

To explain it simply, it is to achieve the unity of the car and the man, and the original 100% performance, Schumacher played 110%!

Since the performance of the cars is almost the same, and Zhang Yifei thinks that there are no mistakes in the control, then there is only one truth.

Schumacher abandoned the focus on low and medium speeds, and still maintained the original gearbox tuning of the Ferrari car, so he was stronger than his Prost car in 7th gear!

As the true king of the Monaco circuit for eight years, it is impossible for Schumacher not to know the importance of the ability to accelerate at low and medium speeds. What is the reason for him to do this, is he going to overtake himself on the short straights, relying on this advantage of extreme speed?

But soon, Zhang Yifei understood the answer, that is, when he was about to cut from left to right to cross Turn 1, he found that his cornering space was no longer enough. And from start to finish, Schumacher risked a crash clinging to the right railing, just not giving himself room to change lanes!

Is Scuderia Ferrari's tactic going to overtake me at Turn 1?

When he discovered this scene, Zhang Yifei was a little shocked in his heart, Ferrari is completely a seven-wound boxing style. The gear ratio of the racing gearbox was not changed in order to have an advantage in acceleration, and finally the first corner was passed.

But the problem is, there are still 18 corners behind, and after each corner, Schumacher may not be as good as others, and he is so confident that other drivers can't overtake in corners?

To be honest, Zhang Yifei had imagined a lot of Schumacher's ways to deal with himself before the game, but he really didn't expect that the other party would be so desperate and put all the treasures on Turn 1, without even thinking about the subsequent race process.

In this way, Zhang Yifei could never have imagined it in any case, let alone that this was what Schumacher did.

After all, how to say it, this is also a well-known car god, and there is more than one opponent on the track, why should he be so "doomed"?

Turn 1 is a no-brainer for the Monaco circuit, with Alonso, Coulthard and others chasing after him. If you are blocked at this time, not to mention the problem of losing the pole position of the head, there will be a risk of a series of car accidents.

So even though the speed is now lagging behind, Zhang Yifei still did not flinch, gritted his teeth and squeezed the steering wheel in the direction of Schumacher, the distance between the two cars is getting closer and closer, and the rear wheels of the Prost car look like they are going to stick to the front nose of the Ferrari car.

“OH~~！ I didn't expect the competition for Turn 1 to be so fierce, and now that Fei can't take the best corner, Schumacher is obviously not going to make any concessions, how will the two of them go through Turn 1, which can only be passed by one car? ”

Blundell hurriedly explained the situation on the track, and almost at the moment when he finished speaking, Zhang Yifei and Schumacher had already penetrated into Turn 1.

The blue and red No. 13 was still in the lead, and he overtook the No. 1 Ferrari in the closing stages to maintain his pole position.

However, at this time, the commentator did not celebrate Zhang Yifei, on the contrary, Jacques asked in a puzzled tone: "Blundel, I was not wrong just now, did the front wind wing of the flying car touch the track guardrail?" ”

The speed of the corner just now was too fast, and most people's attention was on the tightrope-like distance between Zhang Yifei and Schumacher, and few people noticed the position of the front of the car.

Even if some people notice it, it is difficult to see whether the front wind wing has rubbed the track guardrail with this standard definition level of the track broadcast screen.

So in the face of Jacques's question, Brendel really didn't know, and just when he was about to say that he didn't know, the track director kept zooming in the camera and aimed at a blue carbon fiber fragment on the track.

There are actually many blue painted cars on the track, such as the blue and red Prost AP05, or the blue and white Williams "Sabertooth Tiger" car.

But this dark blue livery is unique to the Prost team, representing the blue romance of the French flag. Obviously, the director used this fragment to remind the two track commentators that Zhang Yifei did rub on the guardrail when cornering just now, and also slightly damaged the front fixed wing.

"That's right, when flying out of Turn 1, there was a slight collision with the track barrier and a small piece of carbon fiber from the front wing fell off."

"Flying him is still too aggressive, it makes me feel like I saw the crazy Chinese kid on the track last year. Maybe if Schumacher was allowed to surpass him just now, the severity of the consequences would not be greater than the damage to the forerunner, so he must not give an inch? ”

Blundell confirmed the news, which caused an immediate uproar on the track.

No one expected that Zhang Fei would not give an inch at the first turn at the start, and even damaged the front fixed wing after the corner in order to force Schumacher.

How much of an impact the damage to the front wing will have is unclear to anyone except Zhang Yifei, who controls the car.

But it is certain that this is not good news for the Prost team or Zhang Yifei.

Earlier than the commentary, it was Schumacher who saw Zhang Yifei colliding with the guardrail clearly.

At Turn 1, he and the Scuderia Ferrari strategy team almost made a decision for themselves. That is to give up the acceleration ability of the track out of the corner, ensure the ultimate speed after the start, and directly kill Zhang Yifei at the corner of the No. 1 corner.

As for how to prevent being overtaken by others in the corner, it completely depends on Schumacher's personal hard power.

After all, overtaking at Monaco is very difficult, which can help Schumacher relieve the pressure in the next stop. At the same time, daring to make such a tactical plan also means that the Ferrari strategy team has absolute confidence in Schumacher's defensive ability.

Ferrari and Schumacher are very decisive, theoretically such a trick can't be prevented, but what they didn't expect was that Zhang Yifei, a Chinese boy, would be completely crazy and dead!

Just when Schumacher thought that he was going to succeed in grabbing the line and the team's tactics were going to work wonders, Zhang Yifei still squeezed through the corner very strongly, as if he didn't see a Ferrari car on the right side of the corner.

And at the braking point of the corner, Zhang Yifei did not click the brake, it was purely an outlaw's style of play.

You Schumacher wants to play Seven Injuries Boxing, and I will be overtaken at Turn 1, then I will play "lose and lose" with you, and see who can't bear the consequences of withdrawing first!

It can be said that at the moment of entering the bend, Zhang Yifei showed the singleness mentality of who let who is the grandson to the fullest, and completely let it out!

When the odd recruit doesn't work wonders, it's a fool's action to continue. In the face of Zhang Yifei's refusal to give an inch, and the car's cornering speed has reached the limit, Schumacher finally compromised, did not intend to die with Zhang Yifei at Turn 1, and clicked the brakes.

At the same time, the Prost car in front of it also began to slow down. It's just that Schumacher's brakes are already late, and Zhang Yifei's brakes are even later!

The cornering speed exceeding the limit, coupled with the first lap of the race, the tire temperature did not reach the optimum point, and the grip was not enough. No matter how superb Zhang Yifei's driving skills are, he can't violate the objective laws of physics, he desperately controls in this corner, and the front wind wing still grabs the guardrail and knocks off a small piece of debris!

"A lot of people compare you to Senna on this track, and you really think you're Senna?"

Looking at Zhang Yifei's radical move, Schumacher silently recited in his heart.

He said that this sentence has two meanings, one is that it is literally, many viewers said that in Zhang Yifei, they saw the shadow of Senna in Monaco, so Zhang Yifei began to burst with self-confidence, completely ignoring the limits of racing.

Another thing is that Schumacher really saw the madness of Senna in Zhang Yifei back then.

If Senna hadn't had to overtake himself back then, maybe on that corner of the Imola circuit, there would not have been the biggest regret in the F1 world. Zhang Yifei's actions today are really like Senna back then.

Inside the Pit Stop of the Prost team, it can be described as a deathly silence at the moment, because the problems on the track are completely beyond all the team's plans and pre-race preparations.

"Mentor, Yifeijun's front wind wing is damaged, what should we do?"

Ukyo Yamamoto asked Cosell beside him.

When he saw the track broadcast footage, the piece of carbon fiber frozen on the track, he immediately recognized it as the Prost car.

It was clear that Zhang Yifei was Schumacher who was trying to overtake him at Turn 1, but the process was not so successful, at least for now damaging the front wing of the car.

Don't underestimate this piece of front fixer, breaking the air in front of the car, and directing the airflow upwards to provide air downforce, these functions all require the front fixed wing to play a role.

Once there is no front wing, the first point is that the air resistance will increase, the second point is the lack of air downforce, and the third point is that the air flow that is supposed to be guided upwards may go down into the chassis of the car, causing serious handling obstacles and lack of grip.

"It's only the first lap now, and it's impossible to fly into the pit, otherwise you won't be able to catch up later, and it's no different from retiring."

Thierry Henry first made the decision that it would be impossible to make a pit stop for a pre-fixed wing, which would be equivalent to retiring from the race.

Since there is no pit stop, the answer is obvious, and the rest of the race can only rely on Zhang Yifei, driving a car with a damaged front fixed wing, and holding on the track!

"Fly, can you still control the car?"

Korsell pressed the call button and asked Zhang Yifei.

If Zhang Yifei's answer is no, then Korcel will not hesitate to let him give up the race and enter the pit.

The radical and adventurous approach he advocates is the embodiment of a driver's skill and courage to push the limits in pursuit of faster speed on the track!

Now it's a broken car component, and Korsell will never put his drivers in unnecessary danger.

He will never base the interests of the team on Zhang Yifei's safety!

"Yes!"

There was a very concise answer from the earphones, just one word, and there were no inquiries or complaints about the damage to the front wing.

Can it really?

After the crew members heard this, none of them dared to really believe Zhang Yifei's words.

Because they are not ordinary spectators and fans, but members of the professional crew, they naturally understand that the damage to the front fixed wing cannot not affect the handling of the car.

But Zhang Yifei said so, and it is impossible for them to raise any doubts at such a moment, which not only does not help, but also undermines the confidence of the drivers themselves.

If you say you can, you will definitely be able to!