129 Begin to evolve

After successfully cornering, Zhang Yifei's face under the helmet was already covered with beads of sweat.

It can be said that the corner just now is very thrilling, and from Zhang Yifei's perspective, you can see that the front nose of the car is deformed and warped.

Fortunately, the formula cars are made of carbon fiber, and the safety fence on the side of the field is also an elastic device with cushioning, otherwise if there is any cement stone pier, it is estimated that the front spoiler of the entire car will crash into the air.

To be honest, Zhang Yifei's control just now is actually beyond his car skills, and it is completely a gamble. After that, he is one step closer to passing the trial, and he can also feel the cornering limit of this car, and he knows what speed to use in the next corner.

If not, it's even simpler, go straight to GG.

Under the dual pressure of this psychology and high-speed cornering G-value, even if today's temperature is very pleasant, Zhang Yifei is sweating like rain.

"Console, what was the cornering speed?"

"The maximum speed is 203km/h."

The voice of the console staff came from the headset, because this was originally renovated from Toyota's test site, so there is a speed measurement equipment in each corner, and Zhang Yifei measured the maximum speed of the corner just now.

203km/h?

When she heard this number, Junko Takeda gasped, and then looked at the analyst Ukyo Yamamoto next to her.

Just now, she visually measured Zhang Yifei's speed, and it was estimated that it had reached about 200km/h, but after all, it was a visual measurement, even if she was surprised, she might not really reach this speed.

But now the exact speed came from the console, which made Junko Takeda a little unbelievable, because whether it was from the driver's resume or the operation when he tried to run, this Chinese driver really didn't look like a top level, and he actually used this speed to turn corners?

"Ukyo, do you think it's technology or luck?"

As a member of the Toyota team's coaching team, Ukyo Yamamoto is more professional in this area, so Junko Takeda wants to get answers from him.

"I don't know, I've never seen such a strange driver."

Yamamoto Youkyo shook his head, Zhang Yifei's current performance was also full of mystery in his eyes.

In his experience, during the previous test run, Zhang Yifei's unfamiliar operation methods did not seem to be pretended, and there was no trial driver to do such meaningless things.

It's not a race, and the poor skills make the opponent let their guard down, and doing something like this on the trial will do nothing good except to disgust the team management and affect the final trial result.

But it was true that the Chinese driver managed to make a high-speed corner, even if there was a little impact problem with the car, but in the end it did not affect the race. This small flaw in the corner is absolutely undeniable Zhang Yifei's control of the car when cornering, as well as the highlight of the choice of cornering route.

On this track before, only F3 champion Takuma Sato did a 200km/h corner, and Zhang Yifei was a little faster in a sense, but the cornering was not perfect.

But you must know that Sato is an all-Japan F3 champion, and now he has won excellent results in F3 races in the United Kingdom and France. It is rumored that the B.A.R team in the F1 League has taken a fancy to Sato, and it is unlikely that he will sign a test driver contract.

Zhang Yifei is not even an ordinary formula driver, to be precise, just a kart driver, this flaw is nothing for a kart driver, which kart driver can achieve a speed of 200 kilometers per hour corner?

So Yamamoto Ukyo doesn't know how to describe Zhang Yifei, the two characteristics of unfamiliar driving skills and extreme driving appear in him at the same time, which can be called a contradiction.

The interview training on the track continued, and with the control of the first extreme corner, Zhang Yifei was more handy in the next sections. However, he did not challenge the limit again, gambling is such a thing, success is already God's favor, if he can succeed again and again, it will be called the Emperor Ou Kaihang.

The only commendable thing is that the "turning corner" on the track, the speed must be reduced to 80km/h, Zhang Yifei's braking timing is very good, and there is no scene of excessive deceleration and overspeeding.

After the first lap, the console informed Junko Takeda of Zhang Yifei's lap time, 1:52.33, with an average speed of almost 120 kilometers per hour, which was a full 8 seconds away from the qualification requirements for the trial.

The appearance of this achievement once again made Junko Takeda puzzled, Zhang Yifei could achieve a cornering speed of 200km/h in the first corner, why did he run slower and slower later?

If Zhang Yifei knew what Junko Takeda was thinking at this time, he probably couldn't help but complain. It's not that he wants to drive slowly, but the track is so long, after three laps of test running, it would be good for him to be familiar with the handling of the car, and it is impossible to remember the characteristics of the thirteen corners of the track.

Therefore, Zhang Yifei only remembered one corner, that is, the first right turn after the start, and he also used this corner to test the cornering limit of the car.

It's almost terrible to play once, it's impossible to play every corner, so Zhang Yifei can only grope while driving the back corner to find the best cornering route. Another point is formula car, Zhang Yifei can only say that there is no big problem in driving, and it is impossible to say that it is like an arm and a finger like other cars.

All factors add up, Zhang Yifei can only drive slower and slower, the rules of this trial are to choose the fastest lap in half an hour, so Zhang Yifei can drive at least more than 20 laps, he doesn't care what the lap speed of the first lap is, the real good show is behind.

At the beginning of the second lap, even the initial right bend Zhang Yifei did not choose the limit, so the lap time of the second lap was a few milliseconds slower than the first lap. This situation is also the first time in the Toyota Academy, it stands to reason that the first lap is generally the slowest warm-up state, and the lap speed gradually accelerates later, and there are people who are slower than the first lap in the second lap?

It wasn't until the third lap that Zhang Yifei finally surpassed the first lap and entered the 1 minute and 52 second mark, but this was still far from enough for Toyota's trial standards. Not to mention that Toyota's trial standards themselves are not high, if Zhang Yifei can barely meet the standard with all his strength, he may not be able to sign a long-term contract and get driver sponsorship.

At the beginning of the fourth lap, Zhang Yifei's speed began to increase significantly, and it was also in this lap that Zhang Yifei was finally able to control the formula car relatively smoothly, from the level of being able to drive, to the level of being able to drive.

It was also this lap that Zhang Yifei's lap speed exceeded 1 minute and 50 seconds, and there was a gap of less than six seconds before reaching the trial standard.

And this is just the beginning, the fifth, sixth, and seventh laps, almost every lap, Zhang Yifei has improved by nearly one second. By the time he ran the tenth lap, Zhang Yifei's lap time had reached 1:45.22, with less than a second left to pass the standard.

"Nani? Is this evolving? ”

Yamamoto Ukyo has been a racing data analyst for nearly a decade, and it is the first time he has seen this kind of strange driver, and he feels that with each lap, Zhang Yifei seems to get stronger.

Even Yamamoto Youkyo has a strange idea in his heart, that is, when Zhang Yifei first got into the car, he didn't seem to know how to drive a formula car, he just figured it out step by step in the process of running laps, so there will be this exaggerated progress similar to evolution.

But is this idea really possible? A driver who has never even touched a formula car dares to come to Toyota for a trial, and is about to pass the trial, is this really acting?