084 Devil Coach
Professional racing training is completely different from the kind of class learning theoretical knowledge, the driving method is just a few steps, ignition gear and stepping on the accelerator and so on.
Just like taking a driver's license, what the coach can teach is the basic operation, and the rest is to rely on yourself to comprehend and explore. Some people are good at one time, and some people can hang down several times in subjects 2 and 3, which is why it is very likely that the acquired effort of racing is not as good as the talent of others.
Lu Ningping's role is not to teach Zhang Yifei how to drive, because this kid's driving skills are no exaggeration to say that they have reached a professional level. What he can do is to record the choices and changes of Zhang Yifei's every cornering route, find out a little weakness in his technique, and then correct it.
The go-kart drove onto the track, and the students of the club all looked at Zhang Yifei with curious eyes.
They also know that this is a super go-kart, so they want to see how strong the drivers are at this go-kart. Even the little riders who were still running laps before stopped their training, and Zhang Yifei was left on the entire track.
According to the go-kart training rules, the first lap is a warm-up lap, which raises the tire temperature of the all-hot melt tires and ensures the grip at subsequent high-speed driving.
Zhang Yifei also feels the characteristics of this super kart, each car has its different characteristics, and the subtle gaps need to be slowly understood by the drivers, which is why driving someone else's car is never as good as driving your own car.
At the beginning of the second lap, the speed of the super kart began to increase, and the roaring sound of the high-revving engine brought great sensory stimulation. What's more, because the kart doesn't have a body, and the chassis is only a few centimeters above the ground, it brings a very strong sense of speed.
Contrary to the car, you don't feel the speed of the car, the relative speed of the go-kart will be two to three times higher than the actual speed, and at the same time, it will produce three to four times the lateral acceleration in the corner, and the faster the go-kart, the stronger the sensory stimulation.
Zhang Yifei has begun to feel the objects around him, moving backwards at a rapid speed, unlike the previous small displacement kart with an average speed of only 70-80km/h, the throttle of the super kart is slightly focused, and it is very easy to break 100.
This made Zhang Yifei very uncomfortable, and even felt the sense of panic caused by the long-lost speed, forcing Zhang Yifei's right foot to constantly switch between the accelerator and the brake, resulting in a large fluctuation in the speed of the go-kart.
Lu Ningping, who was on the sidelines, looked at Zhang Yifei's operation, and he was not very surprised, karting, a kind of motorsport, is a typical entry, but the higher you go, the more difficult it becomes.
Especially this kind of super kart, the speed is close to the threshold of formula racing, and if Zhang Yifei can easily control it as soon as he sits on it, it is an incredible thing.
"Stabilize your mindset and keep control of your go-kart!"
Lu Ningping shouted at Zhang Yifei at this time, and he could also feel the change in Zhang Yifei's mentality, otherwise there would not be this kind of scene of frequent pressing of the accelerator and brake.
This is also the most distinctive feature of the go-kart, that is, it can "magnify" the driver's driving mistakes, because there is no suspension system, coupled with the high cornering limit, the driver can clearly feel the most subtle changes in the driving dynamics of the vehicle through the steering wheel, seat and body roll, which is not given by driving a normal car.
The reason why go-karts are known as the cradle of F1 drivers is that it gives drivers the most direct insight into how many mistakes they make while driving, and it is the best way to improve their skills in addition to racing.
Even some top drivers, such as Senna and Schumacher, will occasionally drive karts to practice.
Listening to Lu Ningping's shout, Zhang Yifei took a deep breath to maintain the stability of his mentality while concentrating. After all, I was also a top rally driver in my last life, so what is there to be nervous about driving a go-kart, it is nothing more than a matter of adaptation.
Zhang Yifei constantly hinted and cheered himself up in his heart, so as to build a stronger confidence.
With the passage of time, after a few laps, Zhang Yifei began to gradually adapt to the driving feeling of the super kart, many low-level mistakes were reduced, the speed of the car increased again, and he entered the cornering skills practice stage.
Super go-karts can reach speeds of around 150 km/h at the end of the straights, and it is important to choose the best route for entering corners at this speed.
First of all, the first point is to find the right braking point, which needs to rely entirely on the driver's experience and judgment to how much braking force to press. If you don't brake hard enough and you can't get into a corner because you're too fast, you'll get understeer, and the go-kart will hit the tire wall directly.
If the brakes are heavy, it will turn to over-push the head, and the consequences will also be a crash. Therefore, go-kart is actually similar to running on a mountain road, except that there is no long-distance drifting operation, and the handling requirements for entering the corner are very high.
It just so happens that this is not difficult for Zhang Yifei, not to mention running the Qixing Mountain Road in this life, he has passed the high-speed corner in the rally in his previous life, and he also needs strong over-control ability, and Zhang Yifei can control the braking strength very accurately.
In addition to the handling problems, the other side is the choice of course, there is no drift in the way of mountain or rally, there is only one way to corner, which is to close to the outside before entering the corner, and then brake to slow down.
When the car has reduced to the right speed, it slides from the outside to the inside to the center of the corner, which is known as a cut. Up to this step, the empty throttle is selected to control the speed of the car. Once you pass the center of the corner, you just step on the accelerator and accelerate out of the corner, which is not much to say.
Sometimes when you encounter some corners with a slower angle, or you are very confident in your driving skills and route judgment, you can also not slow down and release the throttle, this action is full throttle cornering, and it is also the fastest way to corner.
Of course, these are all theoretical knowledge of professional racing, and the principle is similar to that in go-karts, but Zhang Yifei really wants to control it, it is far from being so easy. The 1:1 steering ratio of the go-kart, the slight action is a little wrong, and the whole car is in a high-speed state, and there is a big error in the travel route.
At a speed of about 100km/h, Zhang Yifei has almost hit the tire wall several times, and even hit the right front wheel once.
Seeing that Zhang Yifei's control was a little chaotic, Lu Ningping, who was relatively "amiable" on weekdays, finally showed the seriousness and seriousness of a professional coach at this time, and he began to stand on the sidelines and constantly shouted instructions to Zhang Yifei, reminding him of the details to pay attention to in his movements.
"Remember to slow down in advance at Turn 5, I almost hit it, why don't you remember this point!"
"Turn 2 is too slow, even a few years old students don't slow down in the corner, what are you afraid of, full throttle corner!"
"No. 6 compound curve, find the center of the two corners, do you understand the parabolic principle?"
"No. 4 S bend try to go as straight as possible, the track is not a mountain road, there is no such a sharp S-bend, you don't need to play any drift."
"Pay attention to the timing of the brakes and accelerators, slow in and fast out is the basic principle, do I need to teach this again?"
When it comes to the back, Lu Ningping can be described by the word "roar", but he doesn't care about his attitude, this is not the stage before letting Zhang Yifei run casually, if he wants to become a professional driver in Formula Formula, then he naturally has to come out with the attitude of a professional driver.