"Mentor, this is too dangerous!"

Hearing Coser's command, Yamamoto Ukyo stood up against it for the first time, Zhang Yifei currently has an advantage, even if Massa has the idea of overtaking, his cornering speed from the inside is not necessarily faster than Zhang Yifei.

The inside overtaking distance is shorter, but it is not the fastest cutting route, if Massa wants to challenge the limit speed, as fast as the outside line, in this kind of track environment, there is a high probability that it is not to challenge the limit, but to simply find death!

Even if Zhang Yifei only turns at 70km/h, Massa takes a sharp turn from the inside line, and he can have 60km/h to reach the sky.

At this speed, Massa will only pose a little threat at most, as long as Zhang Yifei makes up for any operational mistakes, it is impossible to overtake in the corner at Saches Bend.

So there is no need to take this risk at all, it is simply a matter of risk outweigh the benefit!

In the face of Yamamoto Ukyo's opposition, Cowsell ignored it at all, his eyes were still on the circular screen, which showed various car data and corner screens, and he did not intend to change his decision.

Seeing Korcel's attitude, Yamamoto Ukyo opened his mouth to persuade again, but in the end he still didn't say it. After all, the mentor is a race engineer, and if this is a real team, he is in control of the absolute right to race strategy.

You must know that in addition to the driver himself, the race engineer is the number two person on the track, even if the big boss of the team wants to oppose it, he has to wait until the end of the race.

The same is true for data analysts, who can give their opinions, but cannot challenge the authority of the competition engineers.

Not to mention that Yamamoto Ukyo has a strong sense of condescension and humility in the Japanese workplace, and it is impossible to question his mentor.

And at this time, time is not allowed, all the tactical thinking is only a few seconds for the time on the track, Zhang Yifei has come to the Saches hairpin corner at the moment.

The headset listened to Cosell's instructions, to be honest, Zhang Yifei was a little empty in his heart, and when he entered the boulevard track, he felt that the body was a little "fluttering" because of the water on the road, which was an obvious sign of insufficient tire grip.

It's just that the water is only on a small area of the track, and the car immediately regains its grip after passing through the waterlogged section, so it doesn't cause it to lose control.

But the premise of these is to run in a straight line, and the inertia of the car is added to the corner, and the downforce brought by the air package is weakened after the speed is reduced, which has little effect, and depends entirely on the grip of the tire itself.

In this case, playing a higher speed challenge corner, there is no doubt that the risk is several times higher than that of the normal track state.

To be honest, Zhang Yifei feels that he is an aggressive gambler, but the premise is that when he has a small chance of winning, he can only rely on taking risks to gamble on the reversal.

Now that he has a big advantage, there is no need to do such a risky thing, is Kossel, an old German man, a little too radical?

Race engineers can provide track strategy and tactical advice, but ultimately it is up to the driver to decide whether or not to do so. Just as an F1 driver doesn't have a coach in the traditional sense, a race engineer doesn't have the absolute right to coach.

The choice was in the hands of Zhang Yifei, who didn't understand Cosell's decision and could completely follow his own ideas.

But I don't know why, Cosell's guidance during this period of time made Zhang Yifei feel that this old German man was more like his "mentor", rather than a simple game engineer or coach.

The latter is a working relationship, the former is more like a teacher-student relationship, and for Chinese, the importance of the teacher-student relationship is much greater than the professional relationship.

Without too much hesitation, Zhang Yifei relaxed his pressure on the brakes, and the speed of entering the Saches hairpin bend remained at 80km/h.

In this case, the normal cornering route cannot meet the grip limit of 80km/h, not to mention that there is water on the tires now, and the grip is further reduced.

That's why Caser said it, using the shoulder of the track to extend the angle of the cornering arc to avoid the huge convention brought by speed, so that the car directly lost control and rushed off the track.

Rushing to the left shoulder, Zhang Yifei felt the body shake in an instant, because the right front wheel just pressed over a little water on the outermost side of the track, and there was a phenomenon of idling.

This scene was captured by the camera, which made the team members watching the big screen in the pit station nervous. If this is because of the loss of control and rushing out of the track, even if there is nothing to do, it will be difficult to catch up with the loss of time.

If there is any further stalling, it is even more over, and the driver can restart within 10 seconds after the FIA rules car is turned off, then the race can be continued, otherwise it can only be treated as a DNF (unfinished) retirement or completion of the race without a full number of laps.

The problem is that all formula cars, in order to reduce weight, do not have an ignition system, only the pits have a firearm. Unless the ignition is turned off during the lucky pit stops and there is the possibility of continuing the race, there is no way to re-ignite the fire in 10 seconds.

However, the feared thing did not happen, Zhang Yifei's car only shook twice, and did not lose control or rush off the track. At a speed of 80km/h, after this 180-degree turn, many viewers couldn't help but applaud.

"Beautiful!"

Yamamoto Youkyo shouted in his heart, except for Korcel, only he knows best how difficult it is for Zhang Yifei to turn at this speed.

It can be said that this is a double challenge of strength and luck, but Zhang Yifei succeeded, this is the strength of the top drivers in the junior formula!

Zhang Yifei successfully passed the corner, followed by Massa, who chose a completely different route from Zhang Yifei and went straight to the inside corner.

This way of cornering is almost the same as the feeling of a car turning around on the road, but the Saches is not as narrow and exaggerated as the road, just close to a U-shape.

But in any case, from the innermost cornering course, it is impossible to be faster than Zhang Yifei on the outside. Because there is no tangent on the inside, it can be regarded as a hard drive in a sense, even if the grip of the formula tires is amazing.

This is equivalent to an ordinary car, turning around in place at an amazing speed of 70~80km/h, think about how exaggerated.

Not to mention 70~80km/h, even if it is halved, some cars with a high center of gravity have the risk of directly rolling over when they hit this steering wheel.

Just when everyone thought that it was impossible for Massa to surpass Zhang Yifei's speed, he did not make the conventional turn as he imagined, but chose to ride directly on the shoulder of the road, or even the asphalt buffer zone further out, like Zhang Yifei, and drove through this Saches bend in a way that can be called "shortcuts"!

"Nima, Saches hairpin bend and this kind of cornering route?"

"OHMYGOD, MASA IS REALLY THE STRONGEST DRIVER, AND HE ACTUALLY FOUND THIS CORNER ROUTE FOR HIM."

"Is this cheating, he pressed the line!"

"F1 can be driven in from the buffer zone, how can there be any such thing as a line press?"

"That's right, it can only be said that Massa is as brave as Fei, if he loses control of his cornering method, it will be much more serious than Fei rushing off the track!"

In general, there is an asphalt or gravel buffer zone outside the shoulder of the race road, and the quality of the pavement in this buffer zone is far inferior to that of the F1 track, and there may be some debris.

In addition to these risks, there may be a difference in elevation between the buffer zone and the track, which can cause the tires to be suspended for a short period of time and completely lose their grip. At high speeds, any loss of grip can cause the car to lose control.

So it's almost impossible to have a driver who drives the car into the buffer zone, which is no different from killing yourself.

But this route is the killer feature that Massa Racing discovered by watching the race footage and field measurements on the track.

There is a high risk in taking this line, and there is also a high return, as long as you can achieve the same speed, it is equivalent to an extra overtaking route, killing the opponent by surprise.

However, under normal probability, the risks of this curved route are far greater than the benefits. Half a tire over the shoulder of the road is equivalent to actively giving up a quarter of the grip.

The slightest mistake in operation, or if there is something debris in the buffer zone, it is good to run out of control and rush off the track, but in a serious case, the car will roll over, which is a threat to life.

Massa didn't choose to use this "killer move" when he competed for pole position in the qualifying round before, and now he has felt the pressure brought by Zhang Yifei, and he is even more shocked by the strength of his opponent, so he wants to gamble.

It's just that he didn't expect that his "killer feature" did not surpass Zhang Yifei in this corner, and even had a tendency to be pulled away, which was fatal to Massa's confidence!

"Team, what is the speed of the corner just now!"

After passing the Saches hairpin corner, Massa was a little unacceptable to such a result, and he immediately asked the team about Zhang Yifei's cornering speed.

"The fastest speed in corners is close to 80 km/h."

80km/h？

When he heard this speed, Massa instantly felt a kind of trance and couldn't believe it.

The "killer feature" of his own trick is to deal with the ultimate cornering speed of 65 to 70km/h, because the limit cornering speed of the normal Saches hairpin bend is 70km/h.

If the opposing driver is a little more conservative and turns at 65km/h, then Massa will be able to eat the opponent and overtake directly in the corner.

Even if the opponent is 70km/h, Massa can be parallel to the opponent after the corner, and the next step is to rely on his own strength to grab the line, and the two sides are back on the same level again.

In a sense, just getting back to the same level is already a victory for Massa, because he was behind until the corner.

Today's waterlogged situation on the tree-lined track made Massa and the team's strategy team conclude that the limit of what Zhang Yifei can achieve is 70km/h cornering speed, or lower.

As long as Massa doesn't make mistakes and is lucky enough, he can catch up with the previous pole position at this corner.

As for faster cornering speeds, Massa and the team strategy team have ruled it out, because as long as a driver with normal logic, he will not drive with his life!

It's just a pity that they ran into an opponent who didn't play their cards according to common sense, or they met a match engineer who didn't have normal logic.

This Chinese driver, not only did not slow down as he imagined, but he actually accelerated!