"Kossel, the car seems to be off-track again."

Zhang Yifei informed Kosell of the news as soon as possible, and during the race, the drivers did not have any solution, only relying on the team to give a plan.

Hearing the news, the members of the Prost crew were a little confused, especially Charlie from the maintenance technician team, who stood completely stunned.

After more than ten years of career, he is very confident in his technical level, and after dismantling and repairing before, he can be sure that there are no hidden dangers, why is there still a deviation?

Almost at the same time, Ukyo Yamamoto, who was monitoring the data, shouted: "The front axle data sensor is wrong, and it should be related to the steering deflection of the car." ”

"Why is this happening?"

Henry turned his head to look at Charlie, the chief mechanic, and Leo, the design director, the two of them were racing technicians, and only the two of them knew what was wrong.

"Could it be the deformation of the front cantilever caused by riding up the slope shoulder when overtaking Schumacher?"

Charlie first thought of a possibility.

This time, Zhang Yifei's line is not as crazy and aggressive as in the previous games, and he always wants to borrow the shoulder to take the extreme line.

Because of the disadvantages of this behavior, Korsell reminded him a long time ago, and Zhang Yifei also understood that this method can work in the short course of Formula Renault, but in the F1 race that lasts for an hour or two, the front suspension cannot withstand so many shocks.

Therefore, Zhang Yifei's current line is actually more restrained, and he has begun to develop from the previous reckless style to the direction of technical flow.

After all, people always have to grow, and car skills must also develop with them.

So Charlie's idea was directly rejected by the design director Ole.

"Turn 11 isn't fast, and the front suspension, even if it hits the shoulder, is much smaller than a lot of high-speed corners, so it shouldn't be as fragile."

Hearing Leo's answer, Henry turned his gaze to Cocel.

"Kossel, what do you think should be done? Is it to let Fei persevere, or to pit for checkouts? ”

Now there are only two roads in front of us, the first is to run the remaining dozen laps against the deviation, but I don't know if the fault will get worse, and I don't know how long it will take for the next two drivers to separate the winner and kill it.

The second is to enter the station for inspection, but this option is more risky, because it may not be possible to find the fault in a short time, and even if it is found, it may not be repaired in a short time.

Even if everything is solved perfectly according to the plan, counting the time of the stop, Zhang Yifei may not be able to catch up with Montoya and Schumacher, and in the end the gains outweigh the losses.

Judging from this situation, the first one can still gamble on luck, and the second one is more like a dead end.

As the team's chief race engineer, this difficulty came to Kossel, who had to make a decision in a short period of time, even a decision to take the blame.

"Fly, this lap pit stop check!"

Cosell didn't hesitate too much, and time didn't allow him to hesitate, and made a decision very decisively.

Because the two drivers behind are menacing, although the grappling is very strong now, Zhang Yifei has an advantage of about three seconds. But once the winner is decided, with the momentum of defeating the opponent, even if the fault is not seriously changed, Zhang Yifei will definitely not be able to run against the problem of deviation.

Like Zhang, Caser is an aggressive gambler, but neither of them likes the kind of completely illusory luck. Even if it's a gamble, at least the chips are in your own hands!

"Charlie, 10 seconds at most, you have to find and solve the problem!"

"The maintenance team is ready to change to super soft tires!"

After making the decision to make Zhang Yifei's pit stop for inspection, Corer instantly gave two more instructions to the team's maintenance team.

At present, the drivers on the track are basically one-stop tactics, and Schumacher and Montoya, like Zhang Yifei, made a pit stop to change tires in the early thirties.

Therefore, the more the race progresses, the peak grip of the tires shows a downward trend, and if Zhang Yifei changes to super soft tires to sprint, he can make up for the disadvantage in the pit stop time.

The reason why Schumacher was able to create a four-stop miracle in later generations was to rely on the speed advantage of light fuel and ultra-soft tires to recover the disadvantage in pit stop time. It's just that this method has extremely strict requirements for the strength and control of the driver, and it also requires a little destiny, otherwise it is still honest to change the tire according to the rules.

It's just that this time, Zhang Yifei is not only the time disadvantage of the pit stop, but also the most important thing is to check and solve the problem. Korsell can only give Charlie ten seconds at most, which is also the limit of his thinking that Zhang Yifei can catch up in the next dozen laps.

If this time is exceeded, unless it is an irregular rain battle that allows Senna to possess him, he will definitely lose!

"5 seconds, I can solve the problem!"

Charlie naturally knows that at this time, every second of time is extremely precious, ten seconds is too difficult for Zhang Yifei, he must do it in five seconds!

"Good, five seconds!"

Cosell didn't talk nonsense and just let Charlie solve the problem.

On the fifty-seventh lap, Zhang Yifei suddenly chose to enter the pit stop when he passed through the entrance of the maintenance channel.

This scene almost stunned everyone on the track, under the stop tactic, Zhang Yifei is now in the lead, and with Schumacher and Montoya's struggle, his lead is still expanding, why choose to pit at such a critical moment?

Isn't this equivalent to giving the championship to others?

"What's wrong with flying, why did you choose this kind of pit stop at this time?"

Blundell asked differently, and then motioned to the director, locking the picture on Zhang Yifei, who had made a pit stop.

Zhang Yifei on the screen parked in the maintenance parking space, and the crew members began to quickly change him into super soft tires.

So far, it has been shown that Zhang Yifei wants to pit and change the tire brush lap time, but it is a little unreasonable. Since the decision was made to switch to the ultra-soft tyres at the last minute, it is a bit contradictory not to use the one-stop tactic beforehand, and it will be faster to reduce the fuel load.

But soon, there is an unusual scene in the footage, a Prost maintenance technician, who is frantically screwing the suspension screws. When he saw this, Blundell instantly understood that it was Zhang Yifei's car that was out of order.

"The Chinese kid's car is out of order, and it seems that the American track is not for him!"

Lewis also saw the problem, and in a down-to-earth tone, informed the audience of the reason.

Hearing the news, the American IndyCar fans on the track were instantly released from their previous depressed state.

"God bless America!"

"This is God's will, the Chinese still want to conquer the American track, dream!"

"Montoya, surpass Schumacher and you will be at the top again!"

“!”

The crazy scene began to sweep in, and even many Indy fans began to celebrate the victory, which in their opinion, the Chinese kid had no hope of catching up.

Perhaps he was encouraged by the atmosphere, or it may have been that Montoya finally broke out, and he actually overtook Schumacher who was in front of him when Zhang Yifei made a pit stop and became the track leader again.

This scene even more irritated the IndyCar fans at the scene, and the track was about to be overturned by their cheers, as if the race was about to end early.

"Let's go!"

Charlie roared, and five seconds was no more, no less, and he found the loose torsion shaft of the front suspension, and the problem was solved.

The sound of the engine began to roar, and Zhang Yifei rushed out of the track with a cold face, he knew that the last fifteen laps were the time of his last fight.

Zhang Yifei left the maintenance parking space, there are a few drops of dark oil stains on the ground, it is obvious that Kossel's concept is right, the hidden danger of racing deviation is more serious than imagined, if there is no pit stop maintenance, the entire bearing may fall off in the event of an impact.

Zhang Yifei, who re-drove on the track, is a long way from Schumacher and Montoya at the moment, from a three-second lead at the beginning to almost 10 seconds behind now.

In fact, with a gap of more than ten seconds, there is still a great chance to catch it back if it is placed in more than a dozen laps. It's just that this time the first two drivers are Schumacher and Montoya, and their lap times are amazingly fast at the moment, even if they change to super soft tires and light fuel loads, Zhang Yifei's challenge is extremely huge.

It's just that until the last moment, Zhang Yifei will not give up easily!

Lap 60, lap 61, lap 65, lap 68!

Zhang Yifei used lightning-fast speed to catch up with the two opponents who were far ahead before.

When it came to lap 69, Schumacher was shocked to find that the familiar blue Prost car appeared again in his rearview mirror!

Is this kid really the "Blue Death"? Can this catch up?

A similar feat has not been done in Schumacher's career, but a Chinese driver who has done it in his rookie season is still unbelievable.

At the moment, Schumacher's racing tires, after 40 laps, are basically close to being smoothed. Zhang Yifei's super soft tires are at peak grip, and the cornering speed can be said to crush Schumacher.

To be honest, Schumacher at this moment, after being surpassed by Zhang Yifei and Montoya one after another, no longer has much fighting spirit. After all, it is not surprising that the world championship title has been obtained, and he naturally does not fight as hard as Zhang Yifei and Montoya.

After a symbolic block, Schumacher was successfully overtaken by Zhang Yifei in the corner, this time it was very clean, and the polished tires of Schumacher did not risk rushing off the track to block the car hard.

On the seventieth lap of the track, Zhang Yifei only had the last opponent Montoya left, but the time gap between the two was at least more than two seconds. With Montoya's madness and fighting spirit, he will definitely not give Zhang Yifei a chance to turn the tables in the last three laps.

At the same time, Zhang Yifei had to lead Montoya by one second in each lap and then overtake him before the end of the race, which was also a difficult challenge.

The final battle of the United States Grand Prix is finally approaching.

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