Chapter 765: Chapter 311: For the Team’s Victory
As Odetto finished speaking, design director Bob Bell got up and left the outdoor command station, heading to the technicians waiting with the pit crew and shouted.
"We performed an undercut on the McLaren Team in the last race, and this race we’ve achieved a perfect double car simultaneous pit stop, already proving you’re the best crew in the paddock, without exception!"
"Next, we will let Ferrari taste the flavor of defeat!"
Bob Bell’s fighting spirit was very high, and facing the old rival Ferrari, he seemed to have rekindled the passion from the "Red vs Blue" days.
Same Briatore leading, same Renault crew team, same red Ferrari army.
The only change was the former Dragon Slayer Alonso, now standing on the side of the villainous Ferrari.
But unchanged is that the HRT Team welcomes yet another genius young man, with talent and courage not inferior to Alonso, becoming the new generation Dragon Slayer!
Encouraged by Bob Bell, the crew members who were initially tense and heavy-hearted suddenly became excited.
Indeed, the HRT crew is a rookie force, but it doesn’t mean they are weak.
Under the leadership of the chief technician Liang Chi from China, the team’s training volume and intensity were no less than any other top team, or even far exceeded them, no exaggeration.
Countless practices have brought the most precise and smooth teamwork, as well as confidence accumulated from repeated successes.
If the crew members had any doubts about being the best team before—
Then now they fully believe they can defeat any opponent in the paddock.
Including top-tier Ferrari!
"That’s right, we are the best pit crew team!"
Chief technician Liang Chi responded to Bell, his mindset now grown similar to Chen Xiangbei.
From looking up to seeing eye to eye, and then to seeing down on them.
Little by little breaking the halo of F1, realizing that they are merely "mortals" like us, not invincible "gods."
What the top teams and factory teams can accomplish, the HRT crew can do as well.
Perhaps they can do even better!
"HRT Team is the No.1 in the paddock."
"YES, we are the best team."
"North has won the victory, we will also win the war."
"For North, for HRT, for the championship!"
The technician team shouted one after another, causing other pit lane crew members to turn their heads, especially the Ferrari and McLaren teams, as they executed Alonso and Hamilton’s tire changes.
Already tense, hearing the shouts from the HRT team made them somewhat restless.
Of course, amidst passion and excitement, there was also reason. After stirring the team’s emotions, Odetto, Sawano Hiroyuki and Mizutani Sho, firmly locked their eyes on the screen displaying tire change times.
Ferrari Team tire change took 2.93 seconds.
McLaren Team tire change took 3.07 seconds.
This is considered below average in the paddock for tire change times, unsure if it was due to HRT Team’s "noise" interference, or if there were flaws in crew cooperation under pressure.
"Nice!"
Seeing these numbers, Odetto couldn’t suppress his emotions and shouted once more.
It meant the next lap, if Chen Xiangbei can pit within 2.5 seconds, he can complete an undercut (strategic overtaking) on Alonso!
As time ticked away, the HRT crew fully mobilized, quickly moving the spare tires from the pit station to the pit position, awaiting Chen Xiangbei’s pit stop.
Even at this moment, the tires were still wrapped with tire warmers, as they timed the last moment precisely.
With Lingyan Circuit’s average temperature around twenty degrees today, and track temperature even lower around the teens, if the tire warmer is removed early, tire temperature could drop by a degree.
Even if Chen Xiangbei achieves the undercut success on Alonso, his exit would only place him slightly ahead of the Ferrari car, and Alonso would be right in the slipstream.
Alonso, having run a lap more, has effectively done a warm-up lap and reached working temperature.
Chen Xiangbei’s cold tires would most likely not withstand Alonso’s attack, rendering previous pursuit success and the time advantage of the pit stop change futile.
This is why the HRT crew did not remove the tire warmers; they seek perfection in every detail!
Additionally, some teams do not remove tire warmers prematurely to hide tire strategy; so opponent teams cannot see which tire type you plan to use.
However, at this stage of the race, almost every team’s strategy is transparent, as long as there are brand new soft red tires available, they must be used, Chen Xiangbei is naturally doing so.
With a black and orange-painted number 13 car entering the pit lane, other team members also emerged from the P room to focus on HRT Team’s pit station.
They want to see if the fledgling HRT crew truly has the strength to challenge the Ferrari Team.
Chen Xiangbei looked at the "crowded" pit lane but was not overly emotional inside, he simply needed to perform his duty, leaving the rest to the crew members.
Moreover, Chen Xiangbei absolutely trusts his team, which is a necessary foundation for a team and also a guarantee for victory!
The automatic speed limiter on the steering wheel restricts the car’s speed to the standard 80 km/h, just like the cruise control principle on civilian cars, preventing any speeding by manual control.
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