After talking about the suspension tuning, Kossel started talking about the tires.

"When the car pitted, I looked at the tyre wear and it was a little bit worse than I thought. If you use soft or super soft tyres, you may have 4 pit stops without protecting the tyres. ”

"But the average pit stop time at Interlagos is 18.195 seconds, which is one of the longest pit stops in F1. The pressure of the 4-stop tactic is too much, and judging from the current track situation that Fei has encountered, he can encounter a very aggressive challenge. ”

"So I decided to go with a mix of soft and medium tyres and use the standard three-stop strategy."

After Cosell finished speaking, he glanced around the members of the strategy team in the break room, and no one objected.

Because everyone knows that the provocation in the practice match is only the beginning, especially when Barrichello wins, breaking the image of a super newcomer erected by Zhang Yifei in the last stop.

This will lead other drivers to think that they can also beat Zhang Yifei at Interlagos like Barrichello.

You must know that although Zhang Yifei is now known as a newcomer, his amazing performance in the first two stops, coupled with the pre-game interview of "Sports Illustrated", directly pushed his popularity to a peak.

In terms of fame and influence alone, it is not inferior to some of the middle and lower reaches of the current paddock.

is famous and a newcomer, and he has just been defeated, so it is estimated that his mental state is also unstable. At this moment, Zhang Yifei is the best stepping stone, not only other newcomers want to win him to prove themselves, but even some veterans are ready to take Zhang Yifei to the knife.

Montoya of the Williams team is the best example, seize the opportunity to crush Zhang Yifei, and he will become a super newcomer in the new season.

Even at the end of the season, with a good overall result, coupled with the influence of the Williams team and the Indy champion, it is not necessary to become a superstar.

Korcel had seen too many similar things, so he directly said that Zhang Yifei might encounter radical challenges, and the tire protection tactics were not so easy to execute.

"I'll talk about the tuning and main strategy for the time being, and the next thing is to fly the line just now."

Kossel changed the subject and began to talk about Zhang Yifei's own control.

"A problem exposed in today's laps is that the flying is too much to pursue the sword and go to the edge, resulting in many times even the most basic line can not be perfected, and there is a certain error in the circle."

"If you can win by relying on the sword to take the bias, then this route is not called a bias, but a regular route, do you understand?"

After finishing speaking, Cosell's eyes locked on Zhang Yifei's gaze, now this kid is a little too superstitious about unconventional routes, and always thinks that those unexpected routes are the fastest.

In fact, the conventional route is the most stable line summed up by countless riders, reaching a balance between speed and safety. A lot of times when you take an unconventional route, you may be a little faster when you turn a corner.

However, when exiting a corner, there is no perfect passage through the APEX point, which can lead to the overall speed not being as fast as expected.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of unconventional route is used to overtake more, and if it is really used as a daily use, it brings too many risks and uncertainties, and it is ultimately not as good as the conventional line.

"I understand, but if I don't, I won't be able to stop Barrichello."

Zhang Yifei said his reason this time, in fact, he didn't know the reason, but there was only one reason why he still did it, that is, he didn't have the confidence to defeat Barrichello in terms of hard power, and he could only rely on some extreme ways to press him behind his car.

"No, the Interlagos circuit is not easy to overtake other than the regular overtaking points, and as long as you can maintain a perfect line, Barrichello has no room to overtake it."

"Also, if you are confident, if Barrichello doesn't have the confidence to win, what are you going to do to challenge Schumacher?"

Be confident?

After Zhang Yifei heard it, he looked at Cosell in front of him in a daze, the outside world and the media thought that he was overconfident, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was arrogant. As a result, I didn't expect Korsell to make himself a little more confident.

"Am I not confident enough?"

"It's not enough, although you say a lot of crazy words, but subconsciously, you still think that Barrichello is stronger than yourself, and you don't have the confidence to defeat him. Otherwise, you won't put yourself in a weak position and don't dare to fight hard with the other party. ”

"The problem is, I'm really not as strong as him."

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Yifei's mouth, Barrichello is the driver in the F1 paddock in the next few years, and the ranking can be stable into the top few. Every year, Schumacher may be the only one who can stabilize him in all aspects.

As a driver who has just started his rookie season, what can he do to fight with Barrichello.

"Who is stronger in hard power is a question, but whether there is the belief to fight is another question."

"Fei, when you were in Formula Renault before, it wasn't like this."

Kossell said meaningfully, compared to Zhang Yifei, who is in the F1 paddock, his mentality has become more and more conservative. Formula Renault is a young man with an absolute confidence that he can crush all the opponents on the track.

In the face of this sentence, Zhang Yifei didn't know what to say, God's perspective has brought a lot of benefits, but the disadvantage is that he knows how strong the opponent's peak is, and sometimes even powerful makes people feel hopeless.

Take Schumacher as an example, at this stage, in the eyes of others, he just won a drivers' championship last year, whether he can defend the title this year is another matter, most of the top drivers, such as Coulthard, Villeneuve, and even his younger brother Schumacher Jr., have the confidence to challenge him.

But Zhang Yifei knows that he is the drivers' champion for the next four years in history, and he has a crushing dominance. The so-called ignorant are fearless, Zhang Yifei just knew how terrifying Schumacher's era was, so he had no confidence.

As the saying goes, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, but this newborn calf knows the strength of the tiger from the beginning and understands that the other party may eat him, can it still remain fearless?

In the same way as looking at Schumacher, it is difficult for Zhang Yifei to look at Barrichello objectively like other drivers.

In the eyes of others, Barrichello is just a green driver, with passable strength, a very qualified No. 2 driver, and can even be called a wingman.

After joining the Scuderia Ferrari last year, his results began to improve, finishing fourth overall, achieving his own personal best record.

But in competitive events, runners-up are all existences that can be ignored, and fourth place in the total points is nothing. You can all enter the F1 paddock to compete, and it is still possible to say that Schumacher is still possible, who would be afraid of a fourth place?

So when other drivers look at Barrichello, they are just very strong, and it is nonsense to say that the hard power is not as good as him, and it is difficult to beat. Many people even think that if it weren't for the Ferrari's thighs, this guy might not be as good as me!

Only Zhang Yifei knows that in the next few years, Barrichello will be at his peak, and he will be in the ranks of first-class drivers. It doesn't matter if you hug your Ferrari thighs or not, after all, being able to hug your thighs is also a kind of ability, you can hug it.

Under the premise that there is no way to get Barrichello to change cars, he can just drive a Ferrari car fast, and there is no way to change the results!

"I'll get over that."

Zhang Yifei nodded, since he has realized it, he has to find a way to solve it.

The world is no longer moving according to its original history, and its existence has broken the historical script in the F1 paddock.

So what happened in history is not necessarily absolute in this world, it is still unknown who will die, and in a sense, he is on the same starting line as these top drivers in later generations!

If they can do miracles at the top, so can I, let alone the rookies in the F1 paddock.

"Very well, I'm sure you can overcome it."

Cosell is not blindly tough and accusatory, when he felt the lack of confidence in Zhang Yifei's heart, the latter words were inclined to encouragement.

In the final analysis, Zhang Yifei is only a rookie driver, and he can't be put in an omnipotent position because of his performance in the first two stops. In the face of the current first-class drivers in the F1 paddock, it is normal for newcomers to be a little pressured, and it is a kind of progress to be able to overcome it.

In the following time, Korsell began to discuss and correct some specific control problems that occurred during Zhang Yifei's practice match.

After all, it is an unfamiliar track, and he was provoked by Barrichello and forced to fight just after going up, in addition to the gap in strength, Zhang Yifei's own performance is indeed not so perfect, otherwise he would not have been surpassed by two or three laps.

Correct mentality and find out the shortcomings and mistakes in the process is the best way to improve yourself.

About half an hour later, the door to the break room opened, and Alessi and his race engineer walked in.

He saw Zhang Yifei and Cosell analyzing the track video in front of the monitor, so he just nodded and said hello, and then sat on the sofa behind him to rest.

It's just the end of the first practice session, and there's a second session in the afternoon, and the two hours in between are the time for the drivers to eat and take a lunch break. Keep your experience and shape up and go ahead for the challenges of the afternoon.

Another half hour passed, and Korsell also walked out of the room to check on the progress of the car's maintenance. At the same time, as lunch time arrived, most of the team members stopped what they were doing.

But Zhang Yifei still sat in front of the monitor, constantly checking the videos of himself and other drivers, trying to sum up some lessons from them.

Alaisi walked to the door at this time, but seeing Zhang Yifei's focused demeanor, he hesitated and said, "Take a break, there are some things that can't be rushed." ”

"I'm not in a hurry, it's just that I don't have much time, and I want to improve myself better."

Zhang Yifei's mentality has eased up a bit, and he is no longer entangled in winning or losing a practice match.

The reason why he still sits in front of the monitor and watches the game video is because it is easier to find his shortcomings when he fails. Watching the problems on his track come to the fore one by one, and then coming up with solutions, this makes Zhang Yifei feel very happy!

"In the first long straight, you changed gears too fast, the engine speed didn't come up, and it didn't have enough torque to go up too quickly to the high end."

Well?

Zhang Yifei looked at Alessi in surprise, he didn't expect the French veteran to guide him.