Car Racing without Money-Chapter 573 - 224: Ending the Intra-Team Strife (Part 3)

The young man wants to win the internal competition and gain a tilt in resources and strategy; he can understand this.

The problem is that Chen Xiangbei’s move is meaningless, somewhat too impulsive and reckless; at such a speed, it would normally be impossible to pass through the T7 high-speed corner combination.

Chen Xiangbei still chose to do so, which can only be described as youthful arrogance. Many times, it’s necessary to learn respect for the track and fear of speed through "paying tuition."

As the two cars gradually went side by side in the corner, feeling the threat from Chen Xiangbei’s pursuit, Trulli also gritted his teeth, shifted gears, and accelerated. Since the rookie is not afraid of death, can he, the veteran, admit defeat?

Back in the day, losing the internal competition to the newcomer Alonso and leaving Renault almost destroyed Trulli’s entire career.

He absolutely does not allow himself to experience such a thing a second time!

"Is the HRT driver crazy, accelerating the two cars in the corner?"

"At nearly 300 km/h, do Trulli and Chen Xiangbei intend to wreck the cars and themselves?"

"The Chinese Kid is too arrogant; this corner will be the moment when the north’s race ends!"

Exclamations and skepticism erupted from the stands as the speed of both HRT racing cars reached the brink of control loss. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

And in the eyes of the public, this was a war initiated by Chen Xiangbei.

270km/h, 280km/h, 290km/h...

As the cars entered the T8 corner, approaching the 300 km/h speed limit, Trulli discovered one thing: he could no longer keep up with Chen Xiangbei’s car.

F1 cars rely on downforce for cornering, which is distinguished in two ways.

Low-speed corners mostly rely on mechanical downforce; before the speed picks up, the effects of aerodynamic kits are negligible.

It’s like many people on the streets installing massive spoilers on the tail of their cars for show; if they can’t reach speeds over 180 km/h, the spoiler provides no aerodynamic downforce and instead disrupts the car’s aerodynamic layout, causing a counter effect.

Only at high-speed corners do aerodynamic kits’ downforce come into play!

However, at this point, a paradox appears: excessive aerodynamic downforce affects the car’s acceleration and top speed.

It’s like tons of airflow weighing down on the car’s body; wouldn’t it slow down?

Therefore, the tuning of an F1 car is about finding a balance in downforce to ensure fast yet stable cornering speed!

The old aerodynamic kit of the TF110 car, combined with the exhaust diffuser’s powerful downforce, led to an understeering characteristic, meaning neither acceleration nor top speed could match the upgraded kit’s performance.

In normal situations, the difference is not obvious, but when competing for top speed, the gap becomes apparent.

Trulli was stuck at 290 km/h, unable to increase, while Chen Xiangbei reached 300 km/h.

A speed difference of 10 km/h was enough for him to complete the overtake!

The massive inertia and G-force from the speed caused slight deformations in Chen Xiangbei’s facial muscles under his helmet.

The car tires reached the grip limit, showing signs of lateral movement.

Feeling the dynamic changes of the car, Chen Xiangbei had no choice but to exert his full effort to approach the APEX point, using the track’s width to complete a buffer tangent.

This is what it means to walk on the edge of losing control, which was Chen Xiangbei’s current situation.

Even the slightest change in steering wheel grip strength, or a shake of the hand, would cause the entire car to instantly lose control!

However, losing control did not happen; Chen Xiangbei kept a firm grip on the steering wheel, handling the cornering with linear pressure, exiting the T8 corner at 300 km/h.

There was no element of luck; Chen Xiangbei relied on his absolute car sense and the solid control skills acquired from hard training to conquer the Albert Park Circuit!

"Overtaken! Northern overtake succeeded!"

"MY GOD, I can hardly believe my eyes. The track monitoring equipment showed that the top cornering speed reached 300 km/h, a new corner record!"

"North, with what could be called an impossible speed, won this internal duel, also proving himself to possess talent and skill comparable to Raikkonen!"