143 Hidden Strength

"What the hell did you find?"

At this time, even Junko Takeda can't sit still, can it be said that a youth driver who has just entered the formula can do anything amazing.

"Do you remember when Ichito-kun came to try out, the speed of the first corner even slightly exceeded the record of Takuma Sato?"

"Of course I do."

Junko Takeda recalls that Zhang Yifei came over for a trial that day, and the first corner was a shock to the audience, and he used the speed of the Japanese F3 champion to pass. Although there was a flaw that damaged the front wing of the car, there is no doubt that the past is in the past.

It is precisely because of the amazing speed shown in this corner that Junko Takeda made up her mind to sign Zhang Yifei, a pure newcomer, with a contract as a youth driver.

"Since that day, we haven't seen the scene of Yifeijun's crazy speed turning into a corner, and even later we thought it was just an unexpected speed, but Yifeijun was lucky to pass."

"But then I looked at the corner speedometer and realized that it was not luck, but that Yifeijun really had the strength to pass corners at this speed!"

"What the hell do you mean," Junko Takeda felt a little confused.

At this time, Yamamoto Ukyo continued to explain: "Because I had doubts in my heart, I turned on all the cornering speedometers, and I found that Ichito-kun had a lot of cornering speeds, which were extremely close to Sato's speed, and even exceeded some at one point. ”

"But he only chooses a few corners for each lap and the rest is even slower at the usual pace, so that when the speed is averaged, his lap time is not outstanding."

"And when the next lap comes, he will change a few corners to get through at the limit speed, and I combined the data of hundreds of laps and found that he can actually pass all the corners at the limit speed, but every lap of the track practice, he doesn't do that."

After listening to Yamamoto Ukyo's description, Junko Takeda stood in place in shock, she never imagined that Zhang Yifei's lap record had not been broken, it turned out to be because of this reason.

If everything Yamamoto said is true, then Zhang Yifei's true strength can be described in the four words unfathomable, because this way is even more difficult than running the fastest lap directly, it can be said that the entire track is completely under his control, and he can play as he wants.

"What you say is true"

Yamamoto Ukyo heard the questioning and replied with a wry smile: "I also hope it's fake, if it weren't for all the speedometers, it is estimated that no one would have discovered this secret in a short time." ”

The 13 corners of the Toyota track have observation points and testers, but under normal circumstances, the track practice is not open.

Because of the accuracy and longevity of the equipment in this era, the cost is too high and meaningless if it is turned on all day.

Moreover, each student has hundreds of laps a day of track practice, ten students are thousands of laps, and more than 10,000 corners in a day, even with the help of computers, it is impossible for data analysts to do such high-intensity data analysis.

If it weren't for Ukyo Yamamoto, as the chief data engineer of Toyota, who has very rich experience in the event, and felt that it was not normal, he began to comprehensively monitor Zhang Yifei's personal track practice, otherwise this secret would be difficult to discover in a short period of time.

"It's horrible."

Junko Takeda only thought of these four words to describe it, and if it wasn't for the mouth of Ukyo Yamamoto, a team data analyst, she probably wouldn't believe that this kind of thing was true.

"So what level of strength has he reached now, is there a level of Takumi Sato?"

Junko Takeda asked, Takuma Sato can be described as a talented kart driver in Japan, from the first kart in less than two years, to the Japanese F3 champion, and even this year it was rumored that there was an F1 team fancy him, if nothing else, he can officially become an F1 driver in these two years.

Can Zhang Yifei reach the strength of this kind of talented Japanese kart driver?

"Probably not, but I'm sure he's close to the track record, and with this kind of thoughtfulness and planning, Hank is doomed."

After all, Takuma Sato is the Japanese F3 champion, and among the F3 champions in the world, the Japanese champion is actually not the strongest group, but it is not comparable to a youth driver.

So Yamamoto Ukyo doesn't believe that Zhang Yifei has the strength of Takuma Sato, but one thing he can be sure of is that Hank can't be his opponent if he can make this kind of means to cover up his strength.

Hearing this, Junko Takeda's mood became very complicated, she focused on the track, how much Zhang Yifei was hiding, and this simulation event will give the final answer.

Zhang Yifei on the track didn't know that his careful thoughts had been discovered by Yamamoto Youjing, in fact, he didn't want to hide anything from the team, he just didn't want to make trouble.

When he accidentally learned about Hank's background from Junko Takeda, Zhang Yifei began to think about it. If he exposes his strength too early to give three seconds to win, Zhang Yifei is really afraid that Hank will lick his face and beg his father to pressure the management of the Toyota team to get a spot.

After all, compared with the Flying Arrows F1 team, his own youth driver is obviously a dispensable role. This kind of abandonment is not uncommon in professional racing, even in the F1 team, there is a famous saying that the biggest enemy is his teammates.

It is important to know that F1 drivers have two official drivers in a race, but if both drivers of the same team have a chance of winning the championship, some teams will force one driver to give way to the other, which is called handicaping.

This is what Zhang Yifei thinks is the most cruel thing about F1, when the championship is in front of him, he can only be forced to give up and condescend.

Of course, to put it another way, it can also be said that it is for the sake of the team's team interests, and at the expense of their own personal interests.

Top F1 drivers should be like this, not to mention a small academy driver, Zhang Yifei, who has seen the cruelty of the profession, will be beaten to death with a stick for a water dog like Hank, and he will not be given any chance to be laid.

From the start, he didn't hide his strength anymore, and directly left Hank far behind, and every corner behind him showed amazing handling ability, whether it was the speed of the car or the choice of cornering route, it can be said to be perfect.

From the perspective of Yamamoto Ukyo, the position error of Zhang Yifei from the apex point in each corner can be said to be centimeter-level. Even the lap that Sato Takuma, the test driver at the time, was on par with the current Zhang Yifei.

After a few successive high-speed corners, the entire track was divided into two parts, with Zhang Yifei driving in front and Hank and the other drivers in the second echelon, but Hank also had a tendency to gradually pull away.

Compared with those rookie drivers in Japan or Southeast Asia, Hank's strength is still higher, but the gap between him and Zhang Yifei is getting farther and farther.

Hank's face under the helmet was already full of shock, as the runner-up of the Australian Karting Championship, he naturally understood what Zhang Yifei's speed represented, he couldn't believe it anyway, Zhang Yifei's speed could be so fast, this special place in the European arena, has the power to fight!