The wind was howling and the audience was delighted as it relieved the summer heat.

It's just that the vast majority of people don't understand what the windy Albert Park circuit around the lake means for the F1 race being held.

Watching the violent shaking of the trees next to the track, and even some fallen leaves from time to time, flying directly over the track. At this moment, Zhang Yifei understood why Kossel would choose to adjust with high downforce, because the strong air flow will have a great impact on the aerodynamic stability of the car.

For an F1 car, how fast you can drive is not entirely dependent on the amount of horsepower, but the grip and stability are the ultimate speed of the car. So that little bit of resistance from increased downforce is not worth mentioning in the face of stability!

But even so, Zhang Yifei still felt that the JS53 car was blowing in the crosswind, and the driving route was slightly offset.

This kind of shift is not very large, and can even be described as subtle, only one or two centimeters. Except for the driver himself, almost no outsiders are out of the gap that the car has any change in course.

But a centimeter or two for an F1 car can make the difference between a corner and a crash on the fence. Zhang Yifei, who had strengthened the downforce of the car, had this slight line shift, not to mention other cars.

Especially those who have just changed tires and come out of the pit stop, they are directly caught in an extremely tangled choice, whether to pit again to adjust, or just hard against the track wind until the next pit stop or the end of the race?

A hard top represents a risk, and if you encounter turbulence in a high-speed corner, you won't have enough downforce and you will slip out of control. However, if you choose to pit stop to adjust the pneumatic kit, you will waste at least 5 to 10 seconds with the time spent in the pit lane.

This loss of time is unbearable for many riders, so most choose to resist hard. After all, the aerodynamic design of the F1 car is good enough, and the occurrence of sideslip loss is a small probability event after all.

And more importantly, F1 drivers, in fact, subconsciously have absolute confidence in their driving skills, they think they can control everything!

At this moment, the driver in front of Zhang Yifei was not Kimi or Montoya, but a driver he hadn't expected before, but he ran to the front, and this driver was Frenzen.

In the second lap, due to a collision with Ferrari driver Barrichello, Frenzen directly became the rear driver of the crane and disappeared from the front row of the competitive team.

Zhang Yifei had even forgotten about the driver, thinking that in this race, unless he also fell behind, he should not be able to see Frenzen.

It is true that Zhang Yifei fell behind, but the problem is that he did not meet Frenzen again among the riders at the end. Instead, he caught up with a large wave of opponents, and after breaking into the top 10 again, he saw Frenzen in seventh place.

On the second lap, he was at the end of the crane, and he chased the seventh in the twentieth lap, which was much more shocking than Zhang Yifei coming back from the 13th kill.

Sure enough, many times, veterans seem to have little competitiveness and are on the verge of being eliminated. But the experience and familiarity with the track are here, and as long as they find a chance, there is a possibility of a comeback.

But I'm sorry, Zhang Yifei doesn't want to give Frenzen a chance to turn the tables, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the veterans who are not strong will eventually be eliminated by stronger newcomers, this is the law of the jungle in competitive sports!

Therefore, with the advantage of high downforce, Zhang Yifei can maintain a fairly good speed in the face of windy weather, and the difficulty of handling the car is less than that of many drivers.

Flenczen was not so comfortable, the high winds of the track made it difficult for him to control the car, and even when cornering, he had already adjusted the steering wheel a second time to avoid understeer caused by side skidding.

In the face of this situation, Frentzen is relatively experienced, and the speed has not slowed down much. Some rookie riders are more likely to slow down or pit stops to cope.

But Frenzen still saw Zhang Yifei approaching from the rearview mirror, and the speed was faster than he imagined, and he didn't see any weather factors at all.

"So fast!"

The idea popped into Frenzen's mind, and the speed of the Chinese newcomer was really a bit beyond his expectations.

You must know that as an experienced driver, even if the newcomer is very strong, most of the time, they will not treat the newcomer as their main opponent.

On the one hand, there are psychological factors, no veteran driver is willing to lower his price and put himself on the same level as the newcomer, which is equivalent to admitting that he is a rookie!

On the other hand, the vast majority of newcomers do not perform well in F1. Don't see one Kimi on his feet quickly and assume that all newcomers can do the same.

In fact, the replacement rate of F1 drivers is quite low, and most newcomers simply cannot meet the strength to replace or even eliminate old drivers. They can only run in obscurity for one or a few seasons like Marquis, Bernaldi, and Yang Long, and then be eliminated by F1.

Therefore, it is also quite stupid to pay attention directly to newcomers who have not shown their strength, and it is better to spend more energy on improving themselves and studying the main opponents.

But now everything is different, Zhang Yifei used a very fast speed to "kill" behind him. Whether it is for the ranking or the honor of the veteran driver, Frenzen is not allowed to be easily surpassed by Zhang Yifei.

"On the track, the Chinese rookie flew close to Jordan's Frenzen, and I don't remember how many times he overtook today. But one thing I know for sure is that the Chinese driver today really shocked me. ”

"I never imagined that there would be a Chinese driver who would be so aggressive on the Formula 1 track. I heard that his race engineer was a member of Senna's strategy team back then, I don't know if it has anything to do with it, did the Chinese kid inherit Senna's radical style? ”

Listening to Blundel's "touting", Chase who was sitting next to him replied a little dissatisfied: "Isn't it too early to compare Chinese newcomers with Senna now?" ”

"And Fei's ranking is actually down, and his overtaking offensive against Montoya is also unsuccessful in a sense. I admit that Fei's performance today was very impressive, but it is still not out of the category of newcomers. ”

Chase expressed his opinion, he did not agree with Blundell's statement that this Chinese kid also deserves to inherit Senna's radical style?

"Indeed, there is still a huge gap between Fei and Senna, and it is too early to say this. But right now that Fei is on the offensive for Frenzen, do you think this flight will be successful? ”

"I think ......"

Australian commentator Chase subconsciously wanted to say that I don't think I can do it! But as he spoke, he remembered that Blundell had asked a similar question before.

Although Zhang Yifei's overtaking of Montoya cannot be said to be successful, it can even be regarded as a lose-lose. But there is no doubt that Zhang Yifei surpassed Montoya, and in terms of overtaking, Zhang Yifei was successful.

Frenzen's form in the past two years has not been very good, and his strength has also gone downhill, and in Chase 's heart, Frenzen's absolute hard power may not be as good as today's newcomer Montoya.

Before Zhang Yifei relied on a tough tangent, he managed to eat Montoya, and now he is challenging Frenzen, and Chez really can't guarantee that he will fail. As a commentator, it is understandable that the prediction is wrong once, and if the prediction is slapped in the face every time, then people may be ridiculed afterwards.

If you talk too much, you will lose this truth, and Chase slowly understood.

Seeing that Chase didn't speak, Brendel had an old fox smile on his face, and he originally wanted the other party to make a compliment to set off himself.

Since Chase was reluctant to speak, Blundell simply said to himself: "I think the Chinese driver can fly and surpass Frenzen." ”

"Oh, why?"

Chase was a little surprised when he heard it, this "gold medal commentator" used to make himself predict, and then echoed that he would not give a definite answer, so there was no possibility of being slapped in the face.

But this time he was so sure, it was a bit unreasonable, the Chinese kid should not be strong enough to crush Flencen, right?

"The reason for this is that the wind is blowing on the track, and after the last pit stop, the suspension is tuned to the fixed wing, which is significantly lower than Frenzen, which will determine whether he can succeed or not."

"The wind is blowing?"

"That's right, the wind is blowing."

After Blundell said this, he looked at the track and did not explain the answer to the newcomer, because this kind of thing cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

But Blundell understands that the team strategy team behind Zhang Yifei is very good and can prepare and adjust in advance, which is why he will mention Senna.

Because Zhang Yifei's race engineer is a member of the team strategy team who witnessed the glory of Senna!

Without the strong race engineer behind him, the Chinese boy's performance on the track today would not be so eye-catching!

Sure enough, at the moment when Brendel's words fell, at Turn 6 of the Albert Park Circuit, Zhang Yifei launched the ultimate attack on Frenzen.

Turn 6 is a super-fast corner that can be passed at 270 km/h in 5th gear, and the faster the corner, the higher the grip requirements for the car.

Zhang Yifei stepped on the accelerator at this time, and the speed of the car was as high as an astonishing 287km/h, in a sense, it had exceeded the normal speed of the cornering line.

Even after experiencing special tuning, huge centrifugal force and wind speed, Zhang Yifei felt that his car was understeered, and he had to play the steering wheel a little more than under normal circumstances.

Fortunately, the high downforce adjustment and the strong grip of the ultra-soft tires allowed Zhang Yifei to wander on the edge of rushing out of the track, and in an extremely thrilling way, he successfully grabbed the line at Turn 6 and entered the corner faster than Frenzen.

In the face of this situation, of course, Frenzen will not be willing to fail, he finally caught up from the end step by step, and after experiencing difficulties, he is more eager to succeed than ordinary people!

At this moment, his car has obviously shaken at high speed, and it is clear that he has reached the limit of the stability of the car. But this kind of speed is obviously unable to defend Zhang Yifei's corner overtaking, and there are not many options in front of Frenzen!