411 Master of Defense
Unable to overtake at the start, Montoya could only bite Zhang Yifei tightly, and the two of them quickly rushed out of the maintenance lane.
Because compared to the track, the width of the pit lane is far from enough, as long as the car in front is ready to defend, it is almost impossible to overtake it.
So Montoya didn't do these senseless moves, as soon as he got out of the pit lane, he directly went down with oil on the floor, ready to overtake.
But Montoya's intention was too obvious, almost when Montoya had just changed lanes, Zhang Yifei had already followed him to do the same action, blocking him behind his car again.
To be honest, Zhang Yifei is not a driver who is good at defense, even if he ran a rally in his last life, there will hardly be any defensive scenes. Because rally races are more about starting separately, winning and losing by the total time they have run the entire track, rather than starting together to catch up with each other.
Coupled with Zhang Yifei's gambler personality, it is also destined that it is difficult for him to become a top defensive master, so the tactical strategy on the track today is actually not very suitable for Zhang Yifei.
However, if you want to become a top driver, you must not allow yourself to have any shortcomings.
F1 is also a barrel theory, and if you are good at it alone, you may win one or two races, but as long as there are shortcomings, it will be difficult for you to compete for the annual championship.
For example, if the rain battle is not good, then in Malaysia, Brazil and other tracks, you may encounter Waterloo.
If the street war doesn't work, the Singapore and Monaco circuits will become nightmares.
If you can't keep the tires, high-speed tracks such as Monza in Italy and Hockenheim in Germany may have to make one more pit stop than their opponents.
So even if Zhang Yifei doesn't like the current "absolute defense" very much, he still exerts his full strength to deal with it and does not give Montoya any chance to overtake. Even from a bird's-eye view, you can see Zhang Yifei and Montoya "drawing dragons" on the track, and the fight is very fierce!
Turn 1, Turn 2, Turn 3...... After one corner after another, Zhang Yifei tried his best to seize the best line and defend Montoya behind him with all his might.
Because Zhang Yifei knew in his heart that as long as Montoya could squeeze in the front of the car, then even if it was a crash, the other party would not back down.
Not only did Montoya not want to retire because of the crash, Zhang Yifei also didn't want to retire because of this, he didn't position himself to win Montoya, his ambition was to catch up with the first echelon, enter the points area, and even get on the podium.
Zhang Yifei's opponents have never been the only ones in Montoya, but also Kimi, Coulthard, Barrichello and other drivers, and even the supreme in today's car world - Schumacher!
Don't give the other party a chance to crash, just to face a stronger opponent!
"Fly, there is a car failure in front, pay attention to avoidance."
The reminder of the P room came out of the headset, there was a car in front of it that broke down and stopped on the track, Zhang Yifei should pay attention to avoid it when passing through to prevent rear-end accidents.
This is also an important role for the pit station, and there are many accidents on the track that the drivers don't really notice at the first time.
When I came to the accident site, it was already late, and the speed was up to 300km/h, and it was really not easy to reduce it with one foot on the brakes.
Even if you rely on the strong braking performance of the F1 car to slow down and dodge at a very short distance, it is likely that the tires will lock up because the brakes are too heavy, which will leave a big hidden danger for the next race.
Then there's the variety of signal flags that often appear on the track, and the drivers don't really really notice it when they are preoccupied with the race. Historically, there have been many penalties for signal flag violations, basically because the drivers themselves did not see them, and the team did not remind them.
Therefore, the team can give the drivers a time to react and prepare in advance, so that they can avoid danger while maintaining speed and safety.
Under normal circumstances, Zhang Yifei would give a response when he heard the team's instructions, but this time the pressure on Montoya was too great, Zhang Yifei didn't dare to be distracted at all, and kept looking at the rearview mirror with the rest of his eyes to prevent being overtaken by Montoya.
About ten seconds later, Zhang Yifei saw a car parked above the tangent of the corner, which should be a McLaren racing car from the livery of the team.
If there was no reminder from the team, Zhang Yifei would easily have been rear-ended with the McLaren car because he grabbed the tangent of the corner. Even if you finally let go of the sudden braking and change lanes, it will give Montoya behind a chance to overtake.
But after being mentally prepared, Zhang Yifei changed his tangential choice in advance, the speed was not much slower, and he still suppressed Montoya behind his car!
The moment he passed the accident car, with a curious mentality, Zhang Yifei glanced at the rearview mirror out of the corner of his eye and found that the car number on the front of the car was 7.
This number is McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen number of choice, so the driver who broke down was undoubtedly Kimi "Finnish Iceman".
To be honest, seeing that it was Kimi Raikkonen's car, Zhang Yifei was still very surprised in his heart. Little did he know that Kimi Raikkonen had a car failure on the first lap and ended his journey at Sepang with a retirement.
After losing the Albert A.D. Circuit in the last race, Zhang Yifei was actually unwilling in his heart, because he was a little behind. If it weren't for the collision with Montoya, the time of the pit stop was wasted, otherwise I would have won the last game!
But there is no if in competitive sports, winning or losing is the king! After losing the battle of the twin stars, Zhang Yifei received a lot of ridicule on the Internet and public opinion, and many people talked about copy.
No one wants to be the second of someone, let alone that Zhang Yifei now has the strength and opportunity to become the first.
In the face of these remarks, although Zhang Yifei didn't say it, he had already made up his mind in his heart that he must defeat Kimi in this station to prove that he will be a pioneer, not a replicator.
It's just that the plan can't catch up with the change after all, and what happened at the Sepang circuit has completely exceeded Zhang Yifei's expectations, so he has to put aside the battle with Kimi Raikkonen's twin stars.
Originally, Zhang Yifei also thought that if there was a heavy rain in the race, he would be able to seize the opportunity to catch up with the driver in front of him and have a happy rain battle with Kimi Raikkonen. used the way Senna became famous in the first battle to make a name for himself.
As a result, it didn't rain anymore, and the ghost of Montoya was still there! Now that Kimi Raikkonen has retired again, he really doesn't have a chance to "get revenge".
But now is not the time for Zhang Yifei to sigh, it is no exaggeration to say that the current Montoya is much stronger than Kimi Raikkonen. At this stage, Kimi may only be able to compete with Heidfeld, far from the strength to compete with Schumacher.
Therefore, the pressure Zhang Yifei felt was not comparable to the battle of the twin stars, he was confident that he could defeat Kimi, but he really didn't dare to guarantee that he could suppress Montoya!
After a few starting corners, you will soon come to the V-shaped area of Sepang, and these two long straights will become the key point for Zhang Yifei to hold down Montoya!
You must know that the car in front of the corner is dominant, as long as you seize the perfect line and do not give the other party the opportunity to squeeze in the driver, the difficulty of the rear car to overtake is actually very large.
But in a straight line, the speed of exiting corners and the absolute performance of the car play a big part of the determining factor. In the previous Australian Grand Prix, the scene of Prost racing being eaten hard by Montoya's Williams car can still appear in front of Zhang Yifei's eyes.
Now his hard tire temperature has not come up, the cornering speed is naturally not as good as Montoya, if there is no way to block Montoya's overtaking route with the body, then after the V-shaped corner, he can be thrown out by the opponent.
Of course, Zhang Yifei does not allow this kind of thing to happen, he can be said to maintain twelve points of concentration at this time, stubbornly stuck in any overtaking direction of Montoya, and in any case, he must be in the V-shaped area to suppress Montoya!
Zhang Yifei knew that the V-shaped area was an overtaking area, and Montoya naturally knew it, and he began to change lanes left and right, wanting to seek opportunities. Especially after entering the long straight, his racing floor oil acceleration ability, with the cooperation of the "slingshot effect", the speed of the car is really much faster than Zhang Yifei.
As long as Zhang Yifei's lane change reaction is slower by a few tenths of a second, Montoya may be able to turn the front wing of the car past his rear wheel, and then he will not be allowed to change lanes twice to defend.
If you can't stop Montoya, the next thing is to see how the opponent eats himself, and there is no defense at all.
In order to shorten the gap between tires and performance as much as possible, Zhang Yifei even turned on the speed limit. The spare car is powered by a new engine and should be a little better able to withstand pressure than the previous one.
Even if it's not much better, Zhang Yifei can't manage so much, the cylinder explosion is a later thing, and now he can't fall behind anyway. As long as you can survive the first two laps, with the tire temperature of the hard tires coming up, then the grip will be greatly increased, and Zhang Yifei will not have such a big disadvantage as now!
Compared with the corner, the "painting dragon" on the straight is more obvious and exciting, and even the track broadcast camera that hangs the first echelon is aimed at the "offensive and defensive battle" between Zhang Yifei and Montoya.
"Damn, Zhang Yifei's defensive ability is too strong, he looked like he was about to rear-end and crash several times, and he blocked Montoya!"
"I didn't expect Zhang Yifei to be so strong in defense, it seems that he showed his offensive side before, and he didn't give him a chance to defend."
"Come on, fly! Don't give Montoya any chance! ”
"Let this foreign kid be crazy, just chase to the pit lane to start the challenge, now see if you can chase it!"
"I like to chase! Blocking you is a matter of two steering wheels, and Fei is the strongest newcomer in the new season! ”
The Chinese audience, who had been suppressed before, finally had a chance to make their voices heard with Zhang Yifei's strong defense.
At this moment, they are very proud in their hearts, and it turns out that Zhang Yifei has no shortcomings at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends!