Chapter 261: Shocking Istanbul (2)

Friends and yachts enter the port. After a relaxing holiday, he returned to the Williams team and to every team-mate who was waiting for him to achieve more. Due to consecutive victories and lawsuits, the atmosphere of the team at this time has reached the best time since Ye Feng entered the team. Everyone believes that with the current momentum, there will be no opponent who can stop them. As long as Ye Feng can maintain his current level, then everyone believes that they will be a witness to a new historical moment, of course, there is still a lot of heavy work to be done, but there is no doubt that every member of Williams is on the right path to victory

After resuming preparations, Ye Feng and Massa both began to tune their respective cars with their teammates. Due to the very balanced performance and excellent stability shown in previous races, the team's focus on the F-27 is now on easier data collection and optimisation, and the major technical changes have been discontinued, and the development of a new car based on the "concept version" of the V8 engine provided to the team is the top priority of the Williams team's technical strength.

In this way, after returning to the team for 3, Ye Feng and the team members took the flight to Istanbul, Turkey, where a brand new track was waiting for Ye Feng and every other driver

Like the circuits in China and Bahrain, which only entered the F1 family last year, Turkey's Formula 1 circuit, which will soon be seen by the world, was #惕克设计的 by German designer Hermann. The total length of this road is 5:.left bend, 6 right bends and 4 straights. The new design concept imbues the track with the maximum squeeze on the driver's ability to control the car, and the turn-around corner, which is similar to the upper track, is one of the most difficult corners to deal with. What's even more special is that this track is also a rare counterclockwise track, which poses a great challenge for each team to adjust the tires and downforce components.

As a result, the Williams team, which had just arrived with confidence, quickly began to adapt to this rare and new track. As for Lao Ye, having only had two anti-clockwise track races in San Marino and Bahrain, he had to start to retract his mind and delve into this new topic. In fact, Ye Feng's feeling on the counterclockwise track was not stable. Although Lao Ye lifted the first trophy of his career in San Marino, he did not perform well in Bahrain at the beginning of the season, and there was a racing factor in this. But it is undeniable that the direction of the anti-clockwise race at that time brought a great challenge to Lao Ye's driving, because most of this guy's training was done on the clockwise track. Therefore, Lao Ye, who still wants to continue to shorten the gap with his opponent in this competition, must make up for the impact of his lack of competition experience as soon as possible

"The Istanbul Circuit, which is the pride of all Turks, is finally about to unveil its mystery to fans around the world. What makes everyone even more excited is that the season has entered this period, but it has not entered the situation of Schumacher leading the way as early as in the past.

I don't want to say too much about Ferrari's so-called 'decline' this year. But as an Italian, I'm sure a lot of people are as fresh and excited about the current F1 landscape as I am. Because no matter what time of year it is, and no matter which country has the advantage in the race, the excitement and intensity of the race itself is enough to attract real fans.

And what excites everyone the most is the fierce competition between Ye Feng, Alonso and Raikkonen. The Turkish Grand Prix is undoubtedly a crucial watershed moment in the future direction of this competition. At the moment, Alonso is only 5 and 11 points ahead of Ye Feng and Raikkonen. If the Spaniard can reverse his previous slump and win this title, he will undoubtedly re-establish his lead with the remainder of the race. And for the next two chasers, this race is also crucial! Especially for Ye Feng. This is the perfect opportunity for him to take advantage of the victory! If the Chinese can continue his previous good forward momentum, then he is likely to lift the final annual championship trophy in the penultimate stop in China, on the soil of his homeland, if this happens. That's undoubtedly fantastic!

However, judging from the qualifying session that just ended, Ye Feng and the Williams team seem to have encountered some trouble. The Chinese driver drove the F-27 after only eight laps before he had a puncture at the 10th corner of the track, when Ye Feng's car was almost rear-ended by Kurthard, who was speeding behind him. This scene naturally made the people watching the battle sweat for Ye Feng. But that's not all, less than 8 years after changing the tires and returning to the track, Ye Feng drove back to the pit lane and never drove onto the track again.

There may be two situations, one is that Ye Feng and the team are basically satisfied with the performance tuning results of the car in the past 10 laps, and the other is that Ye Feng's car still has some problems, and these problems have not been solved after he came out of the pit again after a puncture. Judging from Ye Feng's fastest lap result in the practice session, the result is likely to be the second scenario! If all this is true. Then the Chinese drivers and the Williams team will face a more severe test......"

Ye Feng hadn't read the above article published in the "Milan Sports Newspaper", but the situation was similar to what was said in the article. Ye Feng's hasty finish in the practice session was indeed not the perfect tuning of the car, on the contrary, the F27, which had never had major problems in previous races, showed a hidden danger in terms of stability at the Istanbul circuit.

The emergence of such a problem is so abrupt and incomprehensible to Ye Feng and the team's technical team. Just 3 days ago, :|: got good test data. How could it be that this would be the case in Turkey?

Strange as it is, Williams didn't let this inexplicable problem disrupt the preparations. Due to a puncture. The team's technicians first focused on the tires provided by Michelin, and there were lessons learned from this year's race in the United States.

Qilin's tires became the first object of suspicion......

"Ye, what do you think will be the problem? Is it a problem with tires that are not in good working condition? Or is it a problem with the car's gearing? I've already questioned Michelin, but as they investigated, they said that you were the only car in practice with a flat tire. As soon as Michael put down the phone in his hand, he asked Ye Feng, who was thinking about the problem on the side. Apart from Williams, only the workshops of Ferrari and Renault are still busy, and the garages of the other teams have been closed. The pit area looks very clean.

"I'm not sure!" Ye Feng replied while raising his head from the computer, "I don't think it should be a problem with the transmission, the car can still run very fast, there is no problem with this." However, since that puncture in the corner, I didn't dare to go too fast, or it had something to do with my unfamiliarity with the track, but I think the biggest problem at the moment was on the tires! ”

Now Lao Ye is also a little depressed, and the problem at this juncture is undoubtedly a big blow to him who is determined to catch up with his opponent. A flat tire is not terrible, but the terrible thing is that the appearance of this problem has affected Ye Feng's performance in the back to a certain extent. It is important to know that unlike other racing car failures, punctures generally occur in some extreme conditions. Especially in the heat of the race, punctures can occur due to high-intensity confrontations or driver errors. However, a flat tire in this kind of practice match, where there is almost no confrontation, has to arouse everyone's doubts, especially since there is a precedent in the United States before. And just when Lao Ye was stunned after finishing speaking, Michael answered the phone again.

"Let's get here today! You don't have to be suspicious, after all, it's just a puncture. And it's a brand new track. Anything can happen. Michelin has already heard that they will urgently airlift a new batch of tires for us to replace! Now all we have to do is to get enough rest, there are still fierce battles waiting for us tomorrow and the day after tomorrow! Ye, you should go back and rest early! We'll take care of the technical stuff! It shouldn't be too much of a problem! ”

Soon. After hanging up, Michael announced that everyone could call it a day. Then he patted Lao Ye's shoulder and asked Ye Feng to go back to the driver's rest area to rest first, Ye Feng didn't say anything, he had participated in so many races, and Lao Ye also knew that it was useless to be suspicious of technology, so he greeted everyone and left first. The turmoil caused by the malfunction of this practice match was put aside by everyone for the time being......

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William. Taylor was now focused on the live broadcast of the club's television, ignoring the buzz of the club as all eyes were on the upcoming Turkish Grand Prix. People hope that Ye Feng can continue to bring everyone the joy of victory.

The current TV picture is just given to the Williams team garage for a long time, Wells, Petrus, Michael, Ye Feng...... Familiar faces appeared in the picture, so that William, who could only watch live TV in the UK. Taylor was a little disappointed, and he also saw from the newspapers and the news that Ye Feng had a flat tire in the practice match. Heaven testifies, William. Taylor really hoped that it was just an ordinary accident, but his intuition told him that the hidden danger he discovered might bring some kind of potential danger and loss to Ye Feng and the team. So it made it very difficult for William, who was supposed to be with the team now. And now he can only pray that it is really nothing to do as Petrus said, and he can only wish Ye Feng good luck here.

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"Guys, I'm leaving! Bless me! If you get the pole position, I'll invite everyone to dinner! As the second stage of qualifying was about to begin, Ye Feng also said to everyone into the microphone while his teammates helped him light the fire. Then with the roar of the engine, Ye Feng finally drove the car to the pit lane, and started his journey in Turkey in an instant.

"Boss, I want to talk to you about Ye Feng's flat tire yesterday." Just after Ye Feng set off, Petrus walked up to Michael and whispered to the other party, in fact, this guy has been thinking about the cause of the failure, and when he remembered that a few weeks ago, William. Pitt couldn't resist reminding the team of the pitfall, even though he knew it would be too late to say that when the Turkish Grand Prix was about to start in the afternoon.

"Oh? What's wrong? Now that Michelin has flown in the latest tires, there shouldn't be any problems, right? Michael is actually a little upset now, but he still believes that the matter has been properly resolved, and if Ye Feng can get a good result in qualifying, then it will undoubtedly prove that Williams's car no longer has any problems.

"Remember William, who left a few weeks ago? Boss, do you think it could be the puncture caused by the hidden danger he said? ”

"Probably not, that special case we have discussed, it should not happen! It's like everyone knows that a spaceship vaporizes when it's very close to the sun, but no one is stupid enough to drive a spaceship to the sun! If William's assumption is followed, then there are similar hidden dangers in most of the Formula 1 cars now, and we are not okay now? Trust our technical standards! That's the result of decades of accumulation! Willian, that guy just wasn't quite used to the high-intensity pace of the team. Look! Ye is in good form today, and I feel like another pole position will be grabbed by him! As soon as Michael heard what Petrus said this, he turned his head to the other party and then focused on the monitor again, and at this time, Ye Feng was about to start his own timing lap.

"Let's hope it's all William's nitpicking!" Petrus shrugged, stared at Ye Feng, who was galloping, and whispered.

A little more than a minute later, there were deafening cheers on the Istanbul circuit. What amazed everyone was that Ye Feng, who had a flat tire in the practice match the day before yesterday and did not play well in the first stage of qualifying yesterday, actually beat Alonso and Raikkonen again to grab the pole position! Until now, Ye Feng has gradually made everyone feel the unstoppable momentum emanating from him with his wonderful performances and consecutive victories, which is a proud momentum that cannot be stopped even by punctures and racing car failures......