Jean Todd's inquiring voice came from inside the headphones, and Schumacher looked at the blue Prost car in front of him, and he was a little confused at the moment.

He didn't expect to be overtaken at Turn 1 and was a rookie driver who entered the F1 paddock this year.

Fly just now riding the shoulder of the road to cut the center point, and then brake sharply to slow down the car, is it luck or calculated after a set of operations? If it is the former, Schumacher can only consider himself unlucky, the risk factor of this operation is too high, and there is nothing to say about the luck of success.

If it's the latter, it's even more terrifying, because this is a completely new overtaking line that has never appeared at all, and it requires extremely amazing control and line judgment to be able to overtake violently under the premise of the opponent's perfect tangent.

Otherwise, if you accelerate and rush over, you will either crash directly like a torpedo, or you will not be able to find the brake point in the corner and rush out of control on the track.

Can you make this kind of calculation and judgment in a short time? Schumacher was a little unbelievable, but the facts were already in front of him, and he was not one to lose.

"There was no fault with the car, I was really overtaken by the fly."

On the other end of the voice, Schumacher's reply came, and the entire Ferrari team pit station was instantly as silent as death, because this answer really made them unbelievable.

On the premise that there was no mistake in the line and no failure in the car, Zhang Yifei really did it, and the No. 1 turn overtook the current strongest formula driver.

What does this mean? It represents the strength of the Chinese kid and has stepped into the ranks of the top F1 drivers!

In less than a year of his career, without the accumulation of F3 and F3000 cascade races, counting this American Grand Prix, Zhang Yifei is only on the F1 track, running five races.

Five races, half-step top, this is the real genius of F1, and the newcomers who can reach this achievement in the past ten years can be counted on one hand. This is an honor that surpasses the best newcomer of the year, because the title of newcomer is only compared to the driver who is also a newcomer.

Zhang Yifei's current comparison object has been upgraded to a long-established F1 veteran!

Not to mention that the Ferrari team couldn't believe it, even Zhang Yifei's own Prost team, seeing him overtake Schumacher at Turn 1, it was a bit stupid.

"Kossel, is this your strategy and overtaking route?"

Henry's first thought was Cosell, as he had also seen footage of last year's US Grand Prix, which was definitely an overtaking route that had never been seen before.

With Zhang Yifei's age and experience, in the three days under heavy pressure, it is unlikely that he will find a new line by himself, and he can only do it with the help of Coser.

"No, I don't have the ability."

Cosell very frankly admitted that he didn't do it, and even bluntly said that he didn't have the ability.

Race engineers, all the tactical basis they develop is based on existing alignment, and cannot be innovated. Because race engineers can't drive a F1 car to test the feasibility of a new route.

That's why Korcel has always insisted that no one can teach F1 drivers to drive. All they do is perfection and layout, and the real execution and innovation need to be done by the F1 drivers themselves.

"Then you mean to fly in just a few hundred meters to calculate this overtaking route?"

Henry's mouth opened wide and looked at Cosell with incredible eyes, the difficulty and risk of this overtaking route were simply self-evident.

You must know that the right temperature of the venue, coupled with the battle between Indy and F1, has almost increased the speed of Montoya and Schumacher to the extreme, and the cornering and tangent lines are as accurate as textbooks.

After the race, the trajectory of the simulation can almost determine that the cornering routes of the two cars overlap, and no flaws can be found.

Under this perfect cornering line, Zhang Yifei has completed overtaking, and the target is still a driver of Schumacher's level, and the difficulty of calculation and control can be imagined. Henry really couldn't imagine how the hundreds of meters before the bend could have been calculated like this.

"Who's to say it's based on these just a few hundred meters?"

Korsell replied lightly.

"And when did he calculate?"

Henry asked casually, but he quickly reacted and looked at Cosell again with shocked eyes.

"This overtaking was not an accident, but the flight had already been prepared to overtake Schumacher at Turn 1? When did he test out such a line, during the off-season, or just these few days? ”

"These two nights."

After saying that, Korsell pushed Yamamoto Yukyo's notebook on the table in front of Henry.

Henry opened the record book with doubts, and it was densely recorded that Zhang Yifei approached the track simulator for thousands of laps on the two nights during the race.

When he saw all this, Henry instantly understood that Zhang Yifei had made more preparations than everyone imagined in the past few nights, and what he was waiting for was the opportunity to overtake at this moment!

That's right, this is indeed part of Zhang Yifei's plan, he crashed the car countless times on the simulator, just to experiment with all kinds of extreme wiring.

As a new track, the Indianapolis circuit does not have too much race data, which is a disadvantage for Zhang Yifei, meaning that he has no reference object. But it is also an advantage, that is, many lines of the track have not yet been finalized, and a new line may play its unexpected effect.

In the past few nights of racing simulator training, Zhang Yifei is not only familiar with the track, but also wants to try a variety of different routes, even brand new lines that have never appeared before.

The overtaking route at Turn 1 is one of Zhang Yifei's innovative routes, and it is also one of the most innovative routes he has successfully grasped.

After the qualifying session, Zhang Yifei had already realized that his third position was unfavorable, and the mainstream one-stop tactics on the track were destined to be carried out by Montoya and Schumacher to press the car and protect the tires. This means that he has no way to keep up with Villeneuve and Yang Long behind him.

The more the season ends like this, when many drivers are not competing for a place hope, they may look down on the results of the races and make some tough and aggressive moves.

Not to mention the grievances between himself and the two drivers behind him, Zhang Yifei even thinks with his ass that if he encounters a situation of grabbing the line, whether it is Villeneuve or Yang Long, he will definitely fight with the mentality of who lets who is the grandson, and the possibility of an accident on the track will be greatly increased.

Even if it was just to fight for breath, Zhang Yifei had to run a good result at the Indianapolis circuit in front of these 200,000 American fans who had laughed at him, defeating Willeneuve and Montoya, and sweeping the proudest Indy champion in their hearts!

Therefore, Zhang Yifei will not have the idea of "dying together" with the other party, and the best way to avoid the other party from doing so is to throw them away!

But the problem is that it will be no less difficult to get rid of them, after all, the driver in front of him is Schumacher, who has a history of winning 10 pole positions in 17 races and seven races in the 2001 season, and has been in the top three for the whole year.

This means that Schumacher's performance is extremely stable, and he will not show any loopholes to his opponents, and it is difficult to surpass him at Turn 1!

After qualifying last night, Zhang Yifei has been thinking about this problem, and the killer feature is naturally this new overtaking route.

But before that, Schumacher has to let his guard down or give him the feeling that the situation is under his control.

Therefore, Zhang Yifei chose to overtake extremely at the start, bringing a hint of threat to Schumacher. However, Zhang Yifei understands in his heart that if he wants to overtake at the start, it must be based on the premise of the opponent's mistakes, unlike overtaking in corners, even if the opponent does not make mistakes, he can use the fastest way to overtake the opponent.

Throughout his career, Schumacher has had an extremely limited number of starting mistakes, and he was not so lucky, so it was inevitable that he would be blocked.

Even if it is as strong as Schumacher and blocks a ferocious attack, it is destined to have a sense of confidence and satisfaction psychologically. Thinking that he can suppress and control the Chinese newcomer behind will not give him any chance.

The other party's self-confidence gave Zhang Yifei a second chance, and Schumacher estimated that Zhang Yifei launched another extreme attack in a short period of time, without any fear of him at all.

And this time, Schumacher is not defenseless, but he has tangled the line perfectly, and he can't imagine that Zhang Yifei can have other ways to overtake, and he doesn't think that Zhang Yifei can surpass himself in this situation.

It can be said that this is a technical showdown and a psychological game, the newcomer identity is where Zhang Yifei is ridiculed the most, but it is also his best cover-up, so he won.

But this time it was not won by gambling, it was Zhang Yifei who gave full play to his timing and driving skills to win.

Just as imagined by the Ferrari strategy team, the current Zhang Yifei has stepped into the threshold of top drivers in half a step!

As for the other half step, look at the results.

After Turn 1, the track is immediately ushered in Turn 2, which is also a 90-degree right-angle bend, and the combined layout is very much like a straightened Z-shape.

Montoya took advantage of his pole position and made a quick pass through Turn 2, not wanting to give any chance to the riders chasing behind. However, when he subconsciously glanced in the rearview mirror with his peripheral vision, he found that what appeared behind him was no longer the fiery red Ferrari car, but a blue car.

Montoya is very familiar with this blue racing car, and with the white 13 number on the front of the car, it is like a "blue ghost", wrapped around Montoya.

But this time, Montoya subconsciously thought that he was dazzled, and only then did he start Turn 1, how could Zhang Yifei surpass Schumacher and appear behind his car, he must have seen it wrong!